11 January 2023 at 00:36 Russian forces claim victory in Soledar According to the state-run Russian news agency Tass, the commander of the private Russian army, Wagner, states that they control the important Ukrainian city of Soledar. According to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, fighting is still going on in the center of the city, writes Reuters. CNN quoted a Ukrainian soldier in the city as saying that the situation is now “critical”. He states that the death toll is so high that “no one counts the number of dead”. On Tuesday, Ukrainian authorities stated that Ukrainian forces were still holding out in defiance of the new Russian attacks against the mining town.
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