Near the city of Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukrainian defenders continue heavy fighting with the Russian occupation forces for control over the settlement. Despite intense enemy assaults, our Armed Forces courageously hold the line, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said on Telegram.

According to her, the aggressor state continues to ignore the large number of losses among its personnel near Soledar, so its army continues to powerfully storm the city.

Malyar stressed that as a result of the hostilities, the approaches to the Ukrainian positions are already littered with the bodies of the dead invaders..

" Only a very strong nation can fight so desperately against a large and powerful enemy,"

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Earlier, the press secretary of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Cherevaty, said that the defenders of Soledar are doing everything to minimize the offensive potential of the invaders..