US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that no possible Russian successes on the battlefield will change the course of the war.. He noted that the battles for Soledar are still ongoing, and the invaders have already lost significant resources there, including among the manpower..

During the latest briefing, Price noted that the battle for Soledar made headlines in the world's leading media, partly due to the Kremlin's lies that the Russians are successfully advancing there.. However, the price of this is colossal casualties among our own military..

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The State Department believes that the battle for Soledar will still continue, as a result of which both sides will suffer losses..

" No tactical advance can correct the strategic setback faced by President Putin,” concluded Ned Price..

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Recall that today the industrial city of Soledar in the Donetsk region is one of the hottest points of the front.. It is located 18 kilometers from Bakhmut and has a network of underground tunnels..

It’s just that heavy fighting is going on there at these moments, the defenders from the 77th and 46th separate airmobile brigades bravely resist the enemy.

On January 13, analysts at the U.S. Institute for the Study of War suggested that the Russians had probably already captured the city.. They noted that even if this is true, the invaders, who lost a colossal number of their military there, are unlikely to be able to cordon off Bakhmut after that.. Meanwhile, the Pentagon notes that the information about the "