Thanks to the Russian paratroopers, Soledar was taken in a short time.

It was thanks to the successful actions of the Russian paratroopers that the Russian army managed to successfully surround and later completely clear Soledar. The Russian military managed to perform a covert maneuver, during which they managed to successfully attack the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the move. This provided an opportunity to occupy the dominant heights and completely block the city from the southern and northern sides, thereby depriving the Ukrainian troops of the opportunity to both transfer reinforcements and withdraw troops in the direction of Bakhmut.

“Establishing full control over Soledar makes it possible to cut off the supply routes of Ukrainian troops in the southwestern city of Artemovsk, and then block and take into the “boiler” the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remaining in it. In the course of the actions to liberate Soledar, the airborne units made a covert maneuver from another direction, successfully attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, occupying the dominant heights and blockaded the city from the north and south sides., - the Russian defense department reports.

Judging by the current situation in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), the same tactics may well be implemented here, since today the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this city are squeezed from the north, east and south.