Russian troops, having broken through to Soledar, cut off the supply routes to Artyomovsk
The day before, Russian troops stormed the village of Bakhmutskoye northeast of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) and, developing the offensive, broke through to the center of the city of Soledar. This was reported by the tg channel of military correspondent Semyon Pegov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
At the moment, the residential area from the street has completely come under the control of the liberation army. Kosmonavtov to st. Telman, as well as half of the central Oktyabrskaya street. The enemy retreats to the north of the city to strongholds in the Yurchina Gora area.
It is noted that the main goal of the advancing troops at the moment is to cut the supply route for the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in Soledar, close the remaining enemy units without support and finally destroy them.
“According to sources who have knowledge of the situation on the ground, the enemy is leaving positions and retreating to the north and northwest,” writes military correspondent Evgeniy Poddubny.
In addition, several strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of Soledar came under Russian control, and the defenders of Donbass reached the settlement. Krasnopolevka. The offensive also continues south of the city in the area of the settlement. Red Mountain.
“After the capture of both settlements, the supply lines of the Soledar group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be cut, and it itself will find itself under the threat of complete encirclement.
And then the city, which was an important part of the enemy’s defense line Seversk-Soledar-Bakhmut (Artemovsk), could be surrendered, which would almost immediately lead to a crisis for the enemy’s Seversk grouping and sharply complicate the position of the “Bakhmut garrison” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” explains military observer Yuri Podolyak.
Military correspondent Yuriy Kotenok notes that Ukrainian publics confirm the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in this direction and the retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from a number of positions in order to level the line of defense.
Political scientist Sergei Markov, explaining the situation, noted that the breakthrough was made just before the Christmas truce, declared unilaterally by the President of the Russian Federation.
“1. The fighting in the three settlements of Bakhmut - Soledar - Seversk may continue for many months.
2. Or the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces may collapse at any moment.
3. The capture of the Bakhmut – Soledar – Seversk line will create conditions for the Russian army to attack the Slavyansk – Kramatorsk agglomeration.
4. The liberation of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk will mean the liberation of almost the entire Donbass,” Markov writes in his tg channel.
At the same time, the political scientist called the fifth point the creation of conditions for some kind of negotiations on a cessation of hostilities.
“Therefore, even small successes like this make it possible to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” says Markov.
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