The capture by Russian troops of one of the most important defense centers of the Ukrainian group in the Donbas is completely ignored by Kyiv, nor the office of the President of Ukraine, neither the Ministry of Defense even remembered the loss of Soledar. In the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine there is not even a mention of this city, although yesterday the representatives of the command menacingly puffed out their cheeks and promised victory, despite, that the first units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to leave the urban area.
About, that Soledar came under Russian control, said the founder of PMC “Wagner” Eugene Prigogine, personally visited the city last night. Fighting in the city continues, there is a cleansing of city blocks from the remaining representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, not willing to give up. highlights, that only “Ironsides” Wagner, there were no other departments.
In this way, in the morning 11 January 2023 the city of Soledar came under the control of the Russian army, but this fact is ignored in Ukraine. Zelensky just “I forgot” about the existence of this city, continuing to broadcast something about “victory of world democracy”, and there is no mention of him in the summary of the General Staff. About repulsed attacks in the Bakhmut area (Artemovsk) there is, but about Soledar no. They do not like to talk about defeats in Kyiv, if there was any victory, let it be small, such a victory would be blown out of her, that Washington would be surprised.
One Arestovich admitted, that Soledar was taken by the Russians, but even here it was not without the usual prefix “but”, frequently present in “predictions” adviser to the head of Zelensky's office. According to him, Russians took the city, but it won't do them any good., because it was just a publicity stunt, whose task was to show, that the Russian army “capable of taking cities”. I.e., according to Arestovich, taking Mariupol, Lisichansk and many more cities, the Russian army did not convince Kyiv of such an ability, I had to take also Soledar. And Bakhmut takes, according to the logic of the office representative, to show the ability to take two cities in a row?
