Soledar is located approximately 30 km from the LPR border and 100 km from Donetsk, less than 20 km north of Bakhmut. Two days ago, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of the village of Kodema, which is located 20 km south of Bakhmut. and other troops are preparing to take full control of the city of Soledar in the north of the DPR, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said on his Telegram channel.

“After the systematic destruction of a large number of Nazi military equipment and manpower, the fighters are fixed in the city,” — he noted.

According to Kadyrov, the Ukrainian military “there is a complete lack of fighting spirit and helplessness” in front of Russian forces.

Soledar is located north of Bakhmut (Artemovsk), about 100km from Donetsk and about 30km from the border with the LPR.

At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.

On September 7, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the “liberation” of the village of Kodema in the DPR. It is located south of Bakhmut (Artemovsk). According to the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR, as of September 8, “released” 277 settlements of the republic. About 60% of the territory of the DPR is under the control of Russian forces.

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