The cities of

Soledar

and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region became centers of intense fighting and suffered serious destruction as a result of enemy attacks.

The company Maxar Technologies showed impressive satellite images.

The photos were published on Twitter by the American aerospace company.

Soledar's photo from August 2022 and January 2023 shows the extent of the destruction caused by intense fighting in the city itself and on its outskirts.

Most of the houses were completely destroyed.

Soledar on August 1.

Photo: Twitter Maxar Technologies.

Soledar, January 10.

Photo: Twitter Maxar Technologies.

New photos of Bakhmut were also shown at Maxar.

Pictures from January 7, 2023 show thousands of bomb craters in fields and along roads in the city and its surroundings.

Bakhmut on January 7.

Photo: Twitter Maxar Technologies.

The situation in Donetsk region

Despite everything, Russia is trying to enter the administrative borders of the Donetsk region.

After months of unsuccessful attempts to take Bakhmut, the invaders attacked Soledar.

The invaders are carrying out offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction, trying

 to take control of Soledar

.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi denied information that the 

Russians allegedly "captured" Soledar of 

the Donetsk region.

According to him, propagandists want to support mobilization in the Russian Federation by spreading lies. 

Meanwhile, Bloomberg, citing a source, writes that

Russian troops 

are getting very exhausted in their efforts to capture Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.

Thanks to this, the Armed Forces have a chance for a new counteroffensive.

Analysts of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) emphasize that the

 occupiers do not control Soledar and cannot surround Bakhmut.

 It is noted that if the invaders had managed to capture the city, they still would not have been able to surround Bakhmut.   

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