He wrote about this in his Telegram.

“The enemy, retreating, was going to destroy the salt mines - communications were undermined from the inside, which made it difficult to descend into the mine,” Pushilin said.

At the same time, he noted that all damaged or destroyed communications and buildings would be restored without fail.

“And new residential areas will certainly grow around the salt mining enterprise,” he added.

Earlier, Pushilin said that the liberation of Kleshcheevka dramatically improved the position of Russian forces near Soledar.