Offensive in Soledar Direction September 13, 2022

🔻 Despite the difficult situation in other parts of the front, Allied Forces continue to push the enemy in Soledar Direction.

▪️Wagner's PMC units play the main role in the advancement and have been successfully breaking up AFU defence near Bakhmut (Artemivsk) and Soledar since summer.

▪️ In the course of the offensive from the previously liberated Kodema, Wagner's assault groups stormed the settlements of Mykolaivka and Mykolaivka Druha.

▪️ Wagner's PMC troops destroyed a large AFU stronghold on the Bakhmut-Maiorsk road. They continue to move from their positions towards Odradivka and the southern outskirts of Zaitseve.

▪️ At the same time, Wagner's PMC units attack from the village of Vershyny liberated in August, and approach Ukrainian units west of Zaitseve.

▪️ An advance from the Bakhmut-Svitlodars'k road continues and aims to encircle AFU near Pidstantsiya "Donbasska”. Wagner's forces are approaching the facility from the east and northeast.

▪️ In addition to successful operations in Bakhmut, Allied Forces also advanced in Soledar. Wagner's PMC units occupied the section of the road between Bakhmutske and Pokrovske and continue their offensive in the western direction.

▪️ At the same time, units of DPR People’s Militia's 7th brigade liberated the first residential quarter in the north of Soledar. The line of contact now runs along Kosmonavtiv Street.

🔻 Allied Forces' plan in Soledar Direction is not to liberate the populated areas "head-on," but to capture all the fortifications around and create bridgeheads for the offensive simultaneously from several sides.

▪️ In future, this will allow to successfully liberate the town avoiding long bloody fightings and heavy losses.