On the evening of Thursday, January 12, the liberation of the city of Soledar, which is important for the continuation of successful offensive operations in the Donetsk direction, was completed.

This was announced during a briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

According to him, over the past three days, as a result of a complex of measures implemented by the Russian group of troops, more than 700 Ukrainian servicemen and over 300 weapons have been destroyed.

At the same time, during the liberation of Soledar, three aircraft and a helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force were destroyed by fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Air defense systems in the city area shot down nine HIMARS, Alder and Uragan multiple rocket launchers fired at occupied strongholds of the Russian Armed Forces.

In addition, the enemy’s control system was suppressed by the forces and means of electronic warfare, and the use of Ukrainian UAVs was also disrupted.

In turn, the airborne units, having made a covert maneuver, successfully attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, occupying the dominant heights.

“Establishing full control over Soledar makes it possible to cut off the supply routes of Ukrainian troops in the southwestern city of Artyomovsk, and then block and take the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remaining in it,” Konashenkov said.

He added that the capture of Soledar became possible due to the constant fire destruction of the enemy by assault and army aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Russian forces.

“They continuously delivered concentrated strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city, forbidding the transfer of reserves, the supply of ammunition, as well as attempts to withdraw the enemy to other lines of defense,” the representative of the defense department explained.

Recall that on January 11, the RF Ministry of Defense reported that units of the Airborne Forces blocked Soledar from the northern and southern parts of the city.

At the same time, the Russian Aerospace Forces strike at enemy strongholds, and assault squads are fighting in the city.

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The Ministry of Defense also spoke about the situation on the line of clashes.

Thus, in the Kupyansk direction, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and three vehicles of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade were destroyed by artillery strikes from the Western Military District.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, the total losses of the enemy amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, four armored personnel carriers and three pickup trucks of the 80th and 95th air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“In the South Donetsk direction, as a result of a complex fire engagement of the enemy by the Baltic Fleet marines in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Poltavka and Uspenovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two vehicles were destroyed,” Konashenkov said.

Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery hit 117 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 105 districts per day.

In addition, two ammunition depots of the 107th rocket artillery brigade and the 46th airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Zaporozhye and Yasnogorka (DPR) regions.

In addition, two depots of rocket and artillery weapons of the 28th and 65th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as a hangar with weapons and military equipment of the 108th territorial defense brigade, located in the areas of the settlement, were hit.

settlements of Konstantinovka (DPR), Novoivanovka and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).

According to the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, in the course of the counter-battery fight, a combat vehicle of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system and two launchers of the Grad MLRS in the areas of the settlement were destroyed.

settlement of Krasny Liman and Seversk (DNR), self-propelled howitzer 2S1 "Gvozdika" and three self-propelled howitzers 2S3 "Acacia" near the village.

settlements of Gulyaypole and Orekhovo (Zaporozhye region).

Also, three Ukrainian howitzers D-20 were destroyed in the areas of N.

Vyemka and Dyleevka (DPR).

In addition, air defense systems destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the sky over Vladimirovka, Nikolsky (Donetsk People's Republic) and Zmievka (Luhansk People's Republic) in a day.