The head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak said that the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar of the Donetsk region are under the control of Ukraine. 

He wrote about this on his Telegram channel. 

Yermak refuted the fakes of the Russians that the allegedly occupying army captured Ukrainian cities in Donetsk region and established complete control there. 

"Soledar and Bakhmut are Ukraine. Russian fakes are broken every day," wrote the head of Zelenskyi's office. 

Battles for Soledar and Bakhmut 

The Russian occupiers first continuously stormed and tried to occupy the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.

Bloody battles have been going on there for almost half a year.

After repeated failures, the occupiers transferred most of their forces to the town of Soledar.

It is stormed by the occupying army and mercenaries from the "Wagner" PMC. 

Currently, the situation is most critical in Soledar.

On January 12, during a briefing, the deputy head of the Main Operational Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksiy Gromov, said that fierce fighting is currently ongoing in the city.

The occupiers are trying to seize the entire Donetsk region. 

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