The fighting in Soledar moved from the factory to the streets of the city
In Lugansk, they confirmed the establishment of full control over the territory of the Knauf-Gypsum plant in Soledar. As Vitaly Kiselev, assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, wrote in his TG channel, the allied forces are already fighting on the streets of the city.
Units of the 6th Cossack Regiment of the NM LPR and special forces "Akhmat" drove Ukrainian units out of the plant and established full control over the enterprise. During the day, the Ukrainian military launched several counterattacks, but they were all repulsed. Currently, fighting is already taking place on the streets of the city. Earlier, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the establishment of control over the plant after the report of the commander of the Akhmat detachment, Akhmed Saidarkhanov, with the call sign Kombat.
- wrote Kiselev.
It is noted that the Cossacks of the 6th regiment of the NM of the LPR and the special forces "Akhmat" have been fighting shoulder to shoulder for more than a month. Now the assault groups of the allies are beginning to move deeper into the city, the battles are fierce, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not intend to retreat. It is too early to talk about the final turning point, but a good start has been made. The loss of Soledar will break the second line of defense in half and open the way to Artemovsk (Bakhmut) from the north, if by that time the detachments of "musicians" themselves do not take the city.
As previously reported, the heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine forced the command to transfer reserves near Artemovsk and Soledar from near Seversk, which, in turn, made it possible to resume the offensive in that direction.
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