The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the assault detachments of the Russian troops are fighting in Soledar

“Assault squads are fighting in the city,” the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry noted that Soledar was blocked from the north and south by units of the Russian Airborne Forces.

In turn, 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 Soledar was in the process of being cleared from Ukrainian troops.