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Ukraine fights back 13 towns - Soledar probably conquered by the Russians

2023-01-11T07:56:03.191Z


Ukraine fights back 13 towns - Soledar probably conquered by the Russians Created: 01/11/2023 08:43 By: Caspar Felix Hoffmann, Karolin Schäfer, Nadja Austel, Nail Akkoyun, Andreas Apetz, Jan Oeftger The Ukrainian military is preparing for an attack from Belarus in the direction of Kyiv. The city of Soledar is said to have been taken by Russia. The news ticker. Defense of the capital: The Ukrai


Ukraine fights back 13 towns - Soledar probably conquered by the Russians

Created: 01/11/2023 08:43

By: Caspar Felix Hoffmann, Karolin Schäfer, Nadja Austel, Nail Akkoyun, Andreas Apetz, Jan Oeftger

The Ukrainian military is preparing for an attack from Belarus in the direction of Kyiv.

The city of Soledar is said to have been taken by Russia.

The news ticker.

  • Defense of the capital:

    The Ukrainian army expects a Russian attack on Kiev.

  • Heavy fighting around Soledar:

    the small town is said to have been "virtually destroyed".

  • Editor's note: 

    Read the latest developments from the Ukraine conflict in our new ticker.

    The information on the Ukraine war processed here comes partly from the warring parties in Russia and Ukraine.

    They can therefore not be independently checked in part.

+++ 8.40 a.m .:

The Ukrainian military reports that it has repelled Russian attacks in 13 different locations.

However, they do not mention the embattled city of Soledar in the Donbass.

In the past 24 hours, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have sustained attacks from the occupiers in the settlements of Khryanivka (Kharkiv region), Stelmakhivka (Luhansk region), Spirne, Rozdolivka, Vezele, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Majorsk, Vodyane, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Marjinka and Prechystivka im Donetsk region repulsed,” the General Staff said in the situation report on Wednesday (January 11).

The fact that Soledar is missing from this list indicates that the Russian claims to have taken the city could be correct.

Soledar is strategically important for Ukraine in front of the metropolitan area between Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

In the Donbass, Ukraine only controls this large area.

According to their own statements, soldiers of the Russian mercenary group Wagner have taken the city of Soledar in the Ukraine.

© Viktor Antonyuk/imago

Battles in Soledar: Wagner troop of mercenaries announces the taking of the city

+++ 8.00 a.m .:

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, said again on Wednesday (January 11) that the embattled city of Soledar in eastern Ukraine had been taken.

"Wagner units have taken control of the entire Soledar area," he reported through his press office on the online networks.

Whether this corresponds to the truth, however, cannot be verified independently.

There are still fights in the city center.

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Update from January 11, 2023, 3:30 a.m.:

Around ten and a half months after the Russian attack on Ukraine, the fighting in Donetsk is currently particularly violent.

The cities of Soledar and Bakhmut are of strategic importance: They are part of the Ukrainian defensive wall in front of the conurbation between Slovjansk and Kramatorsk.

From the Russian point of view, capturing the area would be a significant step towards conquering the entire Donbass – one of the Kremlin's war aims.

In addition to regular Russian troops, various mercenary units are also fighting at Soledar, including the notorious Wagner Group, which has now announced the city's capture.

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Soledar: Russian mercenaries announce city capture

+++ 10:50 p.m .:

After days of heavy fighting for the eastern Ukrainian city of Soledar, members of the notorious Russian mercenary group Wagner announced the conquest of the place.

According to the Russian state agency TASS, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin announced on Tuesday evening that Soledar had been conquered.

A group of Ukrainian soldiers was still surrounded in the center of the village.

"The number of prisoners of war will be announced tomorrow," Prigozhin was quoted as saying.

A telegram channel of the Wagner group also said that the encircled Ukrainian soldiers had been given an ultimatum to surrender by midnight.

The information could not initially be independently verified.

There was initially no comment from the Ukrainian side.

News in the Ukraine war: Kharkiv bombed

+++ 10.40 p.m .:

Just a few hours after the surprise visit of Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, the city was bombed on Tuesday evening, according to the Ukrainian regional governor.

In the online service Telegram, Governor Oleg Synegubov urged residents to stay in the shelters.

"The occupiers are bombing us again!" he continued.

A journalist from the

Agence France-Presse (afp)

news agency heard several explosions in the city.

News in the Ukraine war: Russia should now control Soledar

+++ 9.30 p.m .:

The Russian assaults on Soledar in eastern Ukraine do not stop.

Heavy fighting to defend the city continues, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maljar said on Telegram.

"Regardless of the losses, the enemy continues to attack." The front of the Ukrainian defense lines is "littered with the corpses of the attackers".

The regular Russian troops are supported by mercenary troops, including the notorious Wagner group.

This published Tuesday via Telegram video images that allegedly come from the center of Soledar.

The information could not be independently confirmed due to the little meaningful picture showing two hooded soldiers in front of a damaged administration building.

News in the Ukraine war: Russian attack on Kyiv expected

+++ 19.45:

The Ukrainian military is preparing for a possible renewed attack by Russian forces from Belarus in the direction of Kiev.

Defense positions have already been prepared and strengthened in the north of the country, according to the responsible Lieutenant General Oleksiy Pavlyuk.

In order to prevent tank advances by Russian units, minefields were laid.

If the attackers were stopped by these barriers, it would be easier for Ukrainian artillery to smash the troop concentrations. 

Already at the beginning of the Russian war of aggression, the Ukrainian armed forces had repelled an advance by Russian troops from Belarus towards Kyiv.

A mile-long column of Russian tanks and vehicles had been forced to retreat north of Kyiv.

The Russian army has been stationing stronger units along the border with Ukraine in Belarus for several weeks.

Military experts do not yet consider them strong enough to launch such an attack.

Nevertheless, they are tying up Ukrainian troops deployed for defense, which are therefore missing on other sectors of the front.

News in the Ukraine war: combat operations expected in the Luhansk region

+++ 6.55 p.m .:

According to the military command “North” of Ukraine, the Russian troops today shelled two northern villages with mortars.

Accordingly, they fired 21 times each at the villages that are located in the Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts.

The military added that there were no casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure in either town.

In addition, hostilities are expected to resume in the Luhansk region, according to Serhii Haidai, head of the military administration.

Since it has gotten colder and the ground in the area has frozen, it is to be expected that "heavy equipment will now be used".

He emphasized: "The Russians are trying with all their might to hold Kreminna." Several units of paratroopers were therefore transferred to the area.

Additional tanks have also moved in, "but every night the Ukrainian defenders destroy six to seven units," says Haidai.

News in the Ukraine war: City of Soledar "virtually destroyed"

+++ 5.30 p.m .:

The battle for the city of Soledar in Donetsk continues: Russia apparently shot at the small town in Donbass 86 times on Tuesday (January 10).

This was announced by the Ukrainian military commander of the region, Serhiy Cherevatii, according to the Ukrainian news

site Ukrainska Pravda

.

According to the commander, the Russian troops used "different artillery systems" for the shelling.

The Russian army has suffered "colossal losses" but is still attempting to capture Soledar, sources say.

The city was "virtually destroyed".

According to the British secret service, large parts of the city are already under Russian control.

New mobilization in Russia?

Kremlin speaks out

+++ 2.15 p.m .:

Around ten and a half months after the start of the Ukraine war, Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced a modernization of the district military replacement offices.

Rumors have been circulating in Russia for weeks that the political leadership is preparing a second wave of mobilization.

The Ukrainian secret service also assumes this.

The Kremlin, however, denies this.

According to the Interfax agency

, Defense Minister Shoigu

also announced improvements to combat drones and jets.

In addition, the so-called nuclear triad should be further developed, he said.

The term describes three types of nuclear weapons: land-based ICBMs, airborne delivery systems and submarines with ICBMs.

News on the Ukraine war: Criticized Russian general is apparently promoted

+++ 12.00 p.m .:

According to media reports, Russian General Alexander Lapin, who was criticized in Moscow after several defeats in the Ukraine war, has been appointed Chief of Staff of the Army Troops.

This was reported by the RBK

news agency

, citing an informant from the Ministry of Defense.

Lapin commanded the Army Group Center of the Russian troops in Ukraine until October, but was then replaced at the post after at times fierce criticism from the hard-liner faction around Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.

+++ 11.00 a.m .:

According to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, a Russian warship armed with hypersonic missiles has held exercises in the North Sea.

The "Admiral Gorshkov" is conducting an air defense exercise, it is said.

Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin sent the frigate on a voyage to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans last week to demonstrate Russian naval power.

+++ 8.40 a.m .:

According to British estimates, Russian forces are making slight progress in the fighting for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

Regular troops and units of the Wagner mercenary group have made tactical advances into the small town of Soledar, ten kilometers north, over the past four days and probably controlled most of the town, the Ministry of Defense in London said in its daily intelligence briefing on Tuesday.

News in the Ukraine war: Heavy fighting in the Donbass: "Russia is advancing over the corpses of its own soldiers"

Update from Tuesday, January 10, 06:40:

Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said in a statement on Telegram that Russian troops are making another attempt to advance into the eastern Donbass city of Soledar: "After an unsuccessful attempt To capture Soledar and retreat, the enemy regrouped their forces, replenished casualties, dispatched additional assault units, changed tactics, and launched a powerful attack.”

Bakhmut and the neighboring town of Soledar were the focus of Moscow's intensive efforts.

The Russian armed forces have been trying to advance in this area since early summer.

In the past few days, Russian attacks have focused on Soledar.

The aim of this operation was obviously to cut off the city.

Maliar added: "The enemy is literally advancing over the corpses of their own soldiers, deploying massive artillery, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, and even covering their own fighters in fire."

News in the Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects temporary ceasefire

First report from Thursday, January 5th:

Kiev/Moscow – The Ukrainian government in Kiev has no interest in a short-term ceasefire in the Ukraine war.

This was announced by the office of President Volyodmyr Zelenskyy.

The call by Kirill, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, for a ceasefire between Russian and Ukrainian troops for the Orthodox Christmas celebrations is rejected.

"It is a cynical trap and an element of propaganda," Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podoliak wrote on Twitter on Thursday (January 5).

Russian Patriarch Kirill had previously called for a ceasefire on Friday (January 6th) and Saturday (January 7th) from both sides in the “internal conflict”.

According to the Orthodox Church calendar followed in Ukraine and Russia, Friday is Christmas Eve and Saturday is Christmas Day.

(Talk to agencies)

Source: merkur

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