Soledar

The Russian Aerospace. A tank fires a round amid Russias attack on Ukraine in Soledar Donetsk region Ukraine in this screen grab released on January 8 2023 and obtained from a social media video by Reuters on.

Km2js76i8bb8zm

The city lies 18 km from Bakhmut and its population was 10490 in January 2022.

. The first shelling in Soledar began on 17 May when Russian forces used drones and planes against Soledar Klinove and Vovchoiarivka. Nicole Tung for The New York Times. Russias defense ministry said Wednesday its Airborne Forces units had blocked the city from the north and south.

After a months-long battle during the Russian invasion of Ukraine of 202223 the town is under Russian occupation since January 2023. The next day Donetsk Oblast governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said Russian forces had closed within 20 kilometers of Soledar while shelling the town along with Bakhmut and Kostiantynivka. Indeed Moscow regards it as Russian.

KYIV The head of a Russian mercenary group fighting in Ukraine claimed on Tuesday that his fighters had seized the town of Soledar the site of brutal. Soledar lies at the center of the Donbas region the vast expanse of eastern Ukraine whose capture Russia has prized above all other regions since last summer. 7 hours agoPrigozhin said Soledar was a cauldron of urban fighting.

Ukraines military has denied that Russian forces have encircled and captured Soledar after claims by the head of the Wagner mercenary group that. Soledar formerly known as Karlo-Libknekhtovsk from 1965 to 1991 is a city in Bakhmut Raion which is located in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. 11 hours agoFirst published on Wed 11 Jan 2023 0442 EST.

Zc7xiib4r9a66m

M2fwmeyoxb5psm