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Ukrainian attack ‘sends more than 100 Russian soldiers to hell’: Kyiv army says large number of Putin’s men who massed during Battle of Soledar are wiped out in coordinated attack
- More than 100 Russian soldiers were killed in a coordinated Ukrainian attack, including special forces, artillerymen and rocket launchers in Soledar.
- In Soledar, a city in eastern Ukraine, the ground is scarred by fierce battles.
- Russian forces intend to take control of the nearby town of Bakhmut.
It has been claimed that a Ukrainian missile attack killed more than 100 Russian soldiers who had massed during the Battle of Soledar.
Russian soldiers were in the midst of a fierce firefight in the eastern Ukrainian town of Soledar when Ukrainian troops fired a Soviet-era Tochka-U missile at the group.
Ukraine’s army said more than 100 Russian soldiers “went to hell together” in the coordinated attack, which involved special forces, artillerymen and rocket launchers.
Heavy fighting has erupted in Soledar, once a bustling salt mining town in eastern Ukraine, and the ground is now scarred by a relentless stream of missiles and gunfire as Russian forces try to seize control of the nearby town and key to Bakhmut.
It has been claimed that a Ukrainian missile attack killed more than 100 Russian soldiers who had massed during the Battle of Soledar. Pictured: The footage reportedly shows a group of Russian soldiers being hit by Ukrainian artillery in the fields surrounding the town of Soledar.
The Ukrainian army’s Grad multiple rocket launcher fires rockets at Russian frontline positions near Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
Footage released by Ukraine’s special forces reportedly shows a group of Russian soldiers being hit by Ukrainian artillery in the fields surrounding the city.
Russian soldiers were seen in large groups in various areas of Soledar by Ukrainian special forces, who then transmitted those coordinates to the high command.
Ukrainian troops opened fire on Russian soldiers, while the Tochka-U tactical missile was also launched in a series of deadly attacks.
More than 100 Russian soldiers were killed in the coordinated attack, while two machine gun positions and two mortars were also destroyed, Ukrainian special forces said.
Ukrainian soldiers at their frontline positions near Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Wednesday
The Ukrainian army, from the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade, fires a German Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzer, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, near Soledar, on Wednesday.
The command said: ‘More than 100 Russian soldiers went to Hell together in the Soledar area. This happened thanks to the coordinated work of SSO soldiers, artillerymen and rocket launchers.
‘The concentration of the enemy in several areas was discovered by the operators of the Special Operations Forces. Artillery went to the enemy, and the Tochka-U tactical missile complex was also used in one of the areas.
‘As a result of these various attacks, the destruction of more than 100 occupants, 2 machine gun positions and 2 mortars was confirmed.
‘In the video, one of the stages of drawing up the artillery according to the given coordinates.’
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