Zelenskiy ABOUT SOLEDAR:"The fighting continues" AND "Russians suffering heavy losses"-Official Kyiv

"Now the terrorist state and its propagandists are trying to pretend that some part of our city of Soledar... is some kind of Russia's achievement", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on January 11 mocked Russian claims to have taken over parts of the eastern city of Soledar, saying that fighting was still going on. Russian mercenary group Wagner
claimed it had taken full control of Soledar but that fighting continued. Soledar is a salt-mining town near the city of Bakhmut, which has been the focus of a Russian assault aimed at capturing the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
"Now the terrorist state and its propagandists are trying to pretend that some part of Soledar - almost completely destroyed by the occupiers - is some kind of Russia's achievement. They will present - and are already presenting - this to their society in such a way as to support the mobilization and to give hope to those who support aggression. But the fighting continues. The Donetsk direction is holding out. And we, without a break even for one day, do everything to strengthen the Ukrainian defence", Zelenskiy said in a video address. "The fighting continues," he added. In a separate statement on Facebook, the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said the Russians were suffering heavy losses as they tried to take Soledar and cut off the supply routes for pro-Kyiv units.