As in the two Chechen Wars: the Armed Forces told about the loss of Russia under Soledar (video)

According to the spokesman of the eastern group of Sergei Cherevatov, mobilized Russians are the last resource that supports Moscow's offensive pace. During the battles for the Soledar of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost the deaths of the number of people equal to the losses of the Russian army during the first and second Chechen wars (according to official statistics of the Russian Federation refer to almost 13 thousand people - ed. ).

This was stated by the spokesman of the eastern group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty on the air of the national telecommunication on January 26. "In the Soledar area, the Russians lost as much as in two Chechen wars. The mobilized remained the last resource, through which they support at least some offensive pace," Cherevaty said. The speaker of the eastern group of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces added that fierce fighting in the Soledar area continued.

In the day alone, there were 85 shelling and eight fighting collisions in the area. According to the military, the Russian army continues to suffer huge losses in the Bakhmut area. "Only last day, on January 25, according to the General Staff, the enemy lost 600-700 people killed, ie almost a battalion. It is without the wounded," the speaker said. We will remind, on January 15 it became known that the Russian Federation occupied the outskirts of Soledar.

According to the Ukrainian serviceman, as of 5:30 pm on January 15, the Russian forces occupied the industrial zone near the mine # 7, located on the administrative border of Sledar and is his western outskirts. And on January 25, the Armed Forces command officially confirmed the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Soledar.