In Soledar and Bakhmut, where fierce battles continue, the class "Zekiv" army of Russia is fighting, which does not obey anyone. 

Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, told about this on the air "1+1" as part of the telethon.

 "There is an operational component of the war. Those people who are on the ground practically rule there. They don't care who and what position was given in the leadership of the Russian Federation. It doesn't feel like that. In Soledar and Bakhmut, there is a "Zekiv" classical army of the Russian Federation, which actually does not matter to anyone. does not obey. A subject named Prigozhin runs there and takes some selfies. The same was done by the "Kadyrivets" at the beginning of the war, who were apparently already in Kyiv. Russian generals can no longer directly influence the events taking place in Soledar ", the official noted.

Podoliak is certain that if the Ukrainian military "breaks the backbone" of the Russians in Soledar, it will mean 

the final panic demoralization of Putin's army. 

"If ours break the spine, it will mean the final demoralization, which will be a panic for 

(Russian troops - ed.)

,

because this is a key element of the Russian Federation today.

The "Zekiv" army is advancing on the small space of the Soledar-Bakhmut bridgehead," he said .

We will remind you that in Soledar there are heavy battles fought by the most prepared units of the "Wagner" PMC.

At the same time, the enemy suffers heavy losses.

The invaders want to capture the city to show at least some kind of "victory".

They also hope to pass Bakhmut in order to move on and completely capture Luhansk and Donetsk regions.   

Military expert Oleg Zhdanov reported on January 12 that the Russians have made some progress in the battles for Soledar and have partial success on the southwestern outskirts of the city.

However, there is no mention of any of his hobbies now.

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