situation as of 13.00 November 19, 2022

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Soledar direction situation as of 13.00 November 19, 2022 In the vicinity of Bakhmut and Soledar, intense fighting continues for control of settlements. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering huge losses in manpower. 🔻In the Bakhmut area, the assault detachments of the PMC "Wagner" blocked one of the units of the 53rd Ombre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, part of the personnel of the Ukrainian formation refused to carry out combat missions. ▪️Due to the difficult situation at the site, the Ukrainian command transferred 185 brigades mobilized to replenish 53, including a platoon of "refuseniks" from Zhytomyr. A train of military equipment of the 24th brigade arrived in Pokrovsk from the Kherson direction. ▪️After regrouping, the shock detachments of the 53rd Ombre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to take up the previously lost positions, but the Russian soldiers, with the support of artillery, repelled the attack. 🔻In the Soledar sector, during intense battles near the Bakhmut-Soledar highway, units of the Russian Armed Forces were able to squeeze out Ukrainian formations. But as a result of the counteroffensive, the 53rd brigade was able to push back the Russian troops. 🔻Over the past two days, the Bakhmut garrison lost 18 people killed, 10 of whom died as a result of friendly artillery fire. Another 99 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were injured, of which 14 were evacuated from the combat area due to frostbite due to the lack of winter uniforms. According to the interception of enemy communications, hospitals and hospitals are overcrowded, and there are no places in the morgues to store the bodies of the dead.

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