This is reported by RIA Novosti.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are transferring forces and means from other directions and using reserves.
Marochko attributed this to the success of the Russian troops in the direction of Soledar.
Marochko also said that the liberation of Yakovlevka, located to the northeast of Soledar, seriously worried the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Prior to this, Marochko said that the Ukrainian military, which is stationed in Artyomovsk in the DPR, began to purposefully destroy the surviving residential buildings and social facilities.