Vladimir Novikov told Tass that Ukrainian forces had suffered large losses.
Hospitals in Ukraine are full of troops who have been wounded in the bitter fight for a town in the Donetsk oblast, according to a Russian commander.
The Russian state news agency reported how he had said the Ukrainian army had suffered"huge losses" in the town located nine miles north of Bakhmut. He said Kyiv had sent its"most capable forces there," such as the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade. This grab taken from AFP video footage shows smoke rising, as seen from the outskirts of Soledar, eastern Ukraine on January 11, 2023. Tass reported on January 12 a claim by a Russian commander that the hospitals in neighboring regions were overflowing with troops wounded in Soledar.There was"no single data" from Kyiv about losses, added Novikov, who goes by the code name Alabay and was described by Tass as commander of the Troy special forces volunteer unit.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, financier of the Wagner Group of mercenaries fighting for Moscow, said on Wednesday that his troops had taken control of Soledar, located around nine miles north of Bakhmut, but this claim was rejected by Ukraine.
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