The defenders of Soledar do not allow the invaders to break through the defense, said the representative of the Eastern Group of Forces Sergei Cherevaty on the air of the telethon.

" The battle for Soledar is very important from the point of view that our forces do not allow the enemy to systematically break through our defenses, do not create the encirclement that they dream of, do not go to the rear and then to the operational space, in order to then move to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk,"

According to him, the Ukrainian defenders in the city massively destroy the equipment of the Russian military and reduce their numbers..

Earlier, Cherevatyy reported that the statements of the Russian occupation forces about the capture of Soledar were not true..

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Currently, the industrial city of Soledar in the Donetsk region is one of the hottest points of the front.. Heavy fighting in the city. Why Russian troops are storming Soledar, read the link.