Russia's defence ministry says its forces are taking part in the battle for Soledar, a town north of Bakhmut in east Ukraine which has been the focus of recent fighting. It comes after the head of ...

The Russian private military company Wagner said it had seized the nearby town of Soledar, a claim Ukraine denied. Photo: Maxar Technologies ...

Ukraine on Wednesday confirmed its forces have withdrawn from Soledar, nearly two weeks after Russia claimed to have captured the city in the eastern Donetsk region. The decision was made to ...

Former Ambassador of the Lugansk People's Republic to Moscow Rodion Miroshnik said earlier that Ukraine had lost about 25,000 people in the battles for Soledar and those losses were irreparable.

TASS/. Ukrainian armed forces lost about 25,000 people in fights for the city of Soledar, DPR, says former LPR envoy to Moscow Rodion Miroshnik. "Ukraine paid an incredible price for the political ...

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