Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar described this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

“In the east, the predicament is challenging. In some regions of Donetsk area, we are going forward little by very little, action by step. Whilst in some regions, the enemy is advancing. Not only the normal army is advancing, but also non-public types,” claimed Maliar.

According to her, the enemy has concentrated appreciable endeavours in order to arrive at the borders of Donetsk location or, at the very least, for propaganda functions, to capture at least a person settlement.

“Now it is really complicated in Soledar,” Maliar stressed.

 According to her, a massive part of the Ukrainian military consists of mobilized citizens, that is, non-specialist armed service personnel.

“And we, as a morally experienced culture, should understand that civilians have been going through an extremely challenging both moral and actual physical check by the army realities of war. All men and women are different, therefore they pass checks in different approaches. But all this is for the sake of our prevalent large aim – to maintain the Ukrainian condition and get,” mentioned Maliar.

As before documented, from February 24, 2022 to January 8, 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eradicated about 111,170 Russian invaders, including 430 soldiers over the previous day.

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