In Soledar, on the evening of January 13, artillery duels took place between the Armed Forces and the occupiers, the city became a real trap for the enemy. 

Soledar's Ukrainian defender Petro Voloshchenko with the nickname "Stone" told about this on the air of the telethon "Edyny Novyny".

The fighter noted that

by the evening of January 13, mercenaries of the "Wagner" PMC only managed to enter "some part of the city"

.

"They have captured some part of the city, they are entering there, but the entire part of the city where they are is under the constant surveillance of our air reconnaissance. We are coordinating precise strikes on the place of concentration," Voloshchenko described the situation.

He also explained why Soledar turned out to be a real trap for the invaders.

"They (Russians - ed.)

fell into a trap in Soledar without even suspecting

it. The city turned out to be inconvenient for urban battles. They cannot bring down heavy equipment. They can work with long-range artillery - just like us. Artillery duels, counter-battery strikes are going on ", said the soldier of the Armed Forces.

We will remind you that, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Russia has thrown almost all of its main forces into the Donetsk direction and maintains a high intensity of offensive there.

Heavy fighting continued all night against January 13 in Soledar, and it is still going on now.

The city is under the control of the Armed Forces, despite the enemy's propaganda statements to the contrary.

As the US State Department explained, Soledar does not have any strategic significance, therefore the statements of the Russian authorities about seemingly complete control over the city are needed solely to demonstrate success at the front.

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