Arestovich called Soledar "not important" for Ukraine
Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine, said that the capture of Soledar by the Russians was a “private propaganda success” and would not bring “any benefit” to the RF Armed Forces. On the air of Feigin Live (Mark Feigin is recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign media agent), Arestovich said that the liberation of the city "will not change the overall picture" of hostilities.
The possible capture of the 10th destroyed city will not bring the enemy any results, except for headlines in the media
- said the Ukrainian adviser.
The politician stressed that the capture of Soledar by the Russians, in his opinion, was just a “private success” against the background of the general picture of hostilities, which would not affect their course in any way.
The representative of the office of the Ukrainian president explained the massive assault on Soledar by the fact that the paratroopers mobilized from the Luhansk region and the Wagner PMC “felt weak points” in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
With this PR action, the enemy wants to demonstrate that he is “capable of taking cities”, raise the morale of the Russian security forces, promote Wagner and Prigozhin personally
- the politician expressed his opinion.
Arestovich's statement was commented on by Russian military expert Vladislav Shurygin, who believes that the Ukrainian side is wishful thinking. In his opinion, the fall of Soledar will mean that the Russian army has finally seized the initiative on the front line, and Ukraine has again begun to lose cities after its oaths “not to cede a single city” and launch a “December offensive” to Melitopol and Berdyansk.
The loss of Soledar will be a severe blow to the prestige of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the myth of the exceptional effectiveness of Western military assistance to Ukraine, which made its army a victorious army.
Shurygin concluded.
Earlier it was reported that the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who occupy positions in Artemivsk, recorded filing a complaint against the command that abandoned them. This, according to the soldiers, happened after it became known about the operational encirclement by the fighters of the Wagner PMC Soledar.
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