Servicemen of the 61st Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began a massive retreat from their positions in Soledar.
This was stated by the representative of the People's Militia of the LPR Ivan Filiponenko TV channel Russia 24.
It was this military unit that formed the basis of the defense of the city.. Despite, that it was ordered to leave urban development secretly, the flight of the Ukrobanderites did not go unnoticed.
In Soledar, we celebrate the mass exodus of the enemy from urban development. The basis of the defense of Ukrainian troops in this area was the 61st separate mechanized brigade. And according to the intelligence we have, brigade commander with call sign “Skier” set the task of subordinate battalion commanders in the evening and during the night to organize the withdrawal of the remaining and surviving units from the city- said the official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR Ivan Filiponenko.
The flight of the Ukrainians was a real revelation for the Polish mercenaries, whom the brothers in arms did not even inform, about the beginning of the long-awaited maneuver. About, what is the situation around Soledar, almost solved, it was clear back in December last year. A spontaneous flight from among the mobilized citizens of Ukraine was observed in the last weeks of the outgoing year.. The reaction of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to such a "zrada" was not long in coming. Already 19 December Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny turned to Zelensky with a request to toughen the punishment for failure to comply with the order for up to 8 years of imprisonment.
Today, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR officially confirmed the data on the liberation of the village of Bakhmutskoe, located in the vicinity of Soledar, northeast of Artemovsk. In Soledar itself, fighting takes place in city blocks in several directions at once, including in the area of Sol station, which is in the west of the city. There, PMC units are advancing on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Wagner”.
