According to the agency, the city of Yakovlevka, located three kilometers from Soledar, was taken under the control of the Russian Armed Forces on December 18

“... I was told that there were Poles.

People came to pick up their things, one of the Poles came out of a neighboring house with a machine gun ... He started saying: “Get out” or something like that.

He began to shoot upwards, drove them away, ”Bogatov said.

On January 8, it was reported that Ukrainian troops shelled Yakovlevka and Mineralnoye in the DPR.