Battle of Soledar

Battle of Soledar
Part of the battle of Bakhmut in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date3 August 2022 – 16 January 2023
(5 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location
Soledar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
48°41′27″N 38°04′27″E / 48.69083°N 38.07417°E / 48.69083; 38.07417
Result Russian victory[1]
Territorial
changes		 Russian forces capture Soledar[2][3]
Belligerents

 Russia

 Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Valery Gerasimov[4]
Anton Yelizarov[5][6]		 Oleksandr Syrskyi[7]
Units involved

 Russian Armed Forces

Ukrainian Armed Forces

Casualties and losses
Hundreds killed[19] Hundreds killed[19]

The battle of Soledar was a series of military engagements in and around the urban-type settlement of Soledar[20] during the battle of Donbas in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russian forces began an offensive on 3 August 2022, shelling Soledar, Bakhmut, and surrounding villages to the south and east. Repeated local Russian assaults on or near Soledar continued into October, with many repelled by the Ukrainian army. By late December, much of the fighting in the region centered around Bakhmut, with Soledar seen as a satellite stronghold protecting the city's northeastern flank and supply lines. By this time, much of Soledar had been reduced to ruins.

Direct Russian assaults on Soledar resumed in late December 2022 and early January 2023, and on 16 January Russian forces captured the last sector of its industrial zone and secured control of the town, allowing the Russians to further threaten Bakhmut's northern and northeastern outskirts.[21]

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  18. ^ За останній тиждень стало відомо про загибель 32 захисників з Полтавщини
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