Russia on Friday once again claimed victory over Soledar in Ukraine's Donetsk region, where heavy fighting has raged, though Ukraine has not conceded the battleground.
Fox News Correspondent Alex Hogan sat down with Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyycity of Soledar in Ukraine’s Donetsk regionThe win would be a rare victory for Moscow after it saw significant losses in Ukraine since September, when it withdrew from the Kharkiv region followed by the city of Kherson in November.
DONETSK, UKRAINE - JANUARY 12: Ukrainian army medics transfer a wounded soldier in a hospital on the Donbas frontline in Donetsk, Ukraine on January 12, 2023.Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar took to Telegram Friday morning and said that"the night in Soledar was hot" but that fighting continues.
The U.K. defense ministry this week warned that Moscow has re-deployed some of its elite airborne forces to the Donbas as Russia looks to reinforce its eastern flank after failing to secure Bakhmut despite months of ground warfare, shelling and air strikes.
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