After a series of alarming news from Bakhmut and Soledar , the

military, who are directly participating in the fighting on the front line, reported on the situation in a comment for

"To put it briefly: the occupiers took mercenaries, "Wagners", from Bakhmut and threw them to Soledar. There they try to enter from the flanks, to surround Soledar. But they

," says a soldier with the call sign

.

To this he adds: "Our guys piled on them so that their losses are heavy. I doubt that they (occupiers - Ed.) will take Soledar. The situation in Bakhmut is as follows: our artillery poured and poured so much that the

. I have been in Bakhmut for a long time, so far this has not happened. Neither Bakhmut nor Soledar will be surrendered. As for the "capture" of the mines in Soledar, this is a lie."

Another military man, the well-known commander of the aerial reconnaissance group "Birds of Magyar" with the callsign

, described the situation in Soledar as follows in a comment: "They (the occupiers - Ed.)

. The Armed Forces of Ukraine took up the defense at specific lines. We capture all that evil that goes primitively, head-on, and is exposed to the heavy fire of the soldiers of the Armed Forces. We have no waste and failures! I report this to the society, being directly here. I also clarify the situation by posting relevant videos. The occupiers have zero advancement.

, some of them they took away, some of them froze. But the fact that there are many of them is a fact. They climb - we pour them in. Everything is humming."

At the same time, both military men noted that, unfortunately, a lot of distorted information and comments are spread very often in social networks.

Because of this, it is advised to use verified information. 

In turn, the Ministry of Defense officially reports that the

in Soledar and in the Bakhmut direction . 

"Fierce and heaviest battles continue today in the area of ​​Soledar in the direction of Bakhmut. Despite the difficult situation, Ukrainian soldiers are fighting desperately. The enemy is unsuccessfully trying to break through our defenses and capture Soledar, and is suffering heavy losses," Deputy Defense Minister Hanna said at a briefing on January 12 Malyar added that the approaches to the city today are in fact littered with the bodies of slain Putin soldiers.

Battles for Bakhmut and Soledar: what is known

We will remind that currently the hottest spots on the front are Bakhmut and Soledar.

There are ongoing battles.

The Russians, who do not have much success in the war, threw all their forces there to reach the borders of the Donetsk region.

Moreover, the leader of PMC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose mercenaries are storming the Bakhmut direction, has already announced several times about the capture of Soledar.

However, this is not true.

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