“In Soledar, according to the latest information, the center of Soledar is under the control of the Wagner division, and here the guys are entrenched on one side and the other,” RIA Novosti quoted Pushilin as saying on Channel One.
He noted that the units are moving forward effectively.
Earlier, Pushilin said that the city of Soledar is close to liberation.
The commander of the Akhmat special forces, the deputy commander of the 2nd army corps of the People's Militia of the LPR, Apty Alaudinov, said that, in his opinion, Soledar and Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) would be released in the coming days.