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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
 [ColonelCassad] 1. Most of the city, including administrative buildings in the center, is controlled by Wagner PMC assault groups. Pushilin has already announced the liberation of the center of Soledar (for good, the cleanup still needs to be completed there)
2. Yurchina Gora, which dominates the area near the northern outskirts, has also been taken 3. The main roads from Soledar
are under the fire control of our troops, which allows us to talk about the operational encirclement
4. According to various estimates, from 300 to 500 enemy soldiers and officers remain in the city, or covering the withdrawal of the main forces, or those who did not have time to withdraw from the central regions, where the sweep is now underway.
5. In the city itself, the enemy still remains at the Sol station, near mine No. 7, in the northwestern part of the city and the western suburbs
. After completing the cleansing of Soledar (a matter of the next few days), our troops will either begin to intensify attacks north of Artemovsk (which is also on the verge), or they will strike in the direction of Seversk.
8. Ukrainian propaganda is already talking with might and main about the "unimportance of Soledar", although it has recently positioned it as a fortress. It is worth noting that the largest salt production enterprise in Europe is located on the territory of Soledar, as well as the largest warehouses of small arms in Ukraine in the village of Paraskoveevka adjacent to Soledar (it is interesting what has been left there over the past years, in 2014 there were more than 2, 1 million storage units of small arms).
In general, for our troops this is the first serious victory after the withdrawal from the right bank. But while it’s too early to throw caps, the city still needs to be cleaned up, and the liberation of Artemovsk, which is of operational and strategic importance for the entire Donbass Front, will become a really big victory.
Adds Rozhin:
Capture of Soledar
[ColonelCassad] Prigozhin announced the capture of Soledar.
“The divisions of PMC Wagner took control of the entire territory of Soledar. A cauldron has been formed in the center of the city, in which urban battles are being fought. The number of prisoners will be announced tomorrow.
Once again, I want to emphasize that no units other than the fighters of the Wagner PMC took part in the assault on Soledar.
Judging by the photo of Prigozhin in Soledar, this is one of the salt mines. Two days ago, Syrsky was photographed in Soledar.
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