"To increase the stability of defense": in the Ministry of Federation, they recognized that their troops retreated in the Bakhmut area

The department said that the invaders moved to positions near a reservoir occupied earlier. Yesterday, the battling line took a distance from it. The ministry also stated the offensive actions of the Armed Forces in the Soledar area. The Russian military took positions near the Berch reservoir in Donetsk region. On May 12, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on social networks.

"In the Malovylinovsky direction, the border is occupied by the units of" Southern "groups of" Southern "grouping of Russian troops, taking into account the favorable conditions of the Berch reservoir," the press service wrote. According to the map of the fighting of May 11, the Berch reservoir was already captured by the enemy earlier, moreover, the border of the municipalization was at a distance from it. It can be concluded that the Russian army went back on May 12.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also said that the invading troops had suffered 26 attacks by the Armed Forces in the Soledar direction. The press service noted that the Ukrainian defenders have been on the entire line of hostage, the length of which is more than 95 kilometers. The hostile ministry claims that all offensive actions were reflected.