The NM DPR said that Soledar was defended by mercenary battalions from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

“The idea of ​​the West now is to supply already well-coordinated bands of mercenaries, from privates to officers,” the source said.

He also noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing weapons very quickly.

Earlier, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that foreign mercenaries were captured by Russian soldiers in Soledar.

Advisor to the Acting Head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, said that the Ukrainian military spoke on the radio about the positions of Polish mercenaries in Soledar, which made it possible to hit them with artillery