DPR Regional Defense Headquarters, telegraph channel About the Allied forces’ capture of the Podgorodnoye settlement in the Soledar region under their control.
“As of January 11, 2023, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Podgorodnoye on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry’s publication states.
This village is adjacent to Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut) from the north, which is located a few kilometers southwest of Soledar.
On January 11, Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of PMC “Wagner” reportedHe said the company’s divisions had taken control of the entire Soledar area, but a cauldron had formed in the center of the city and fighting continued. According to Denis Pushilin, interim head of the DPR, from time to time control over Soledar increases Opportunities for the capture of Artemovsk and Seversk.