INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian mercenary group Wagner said on Tuesday it was battling heavy, bloody battles for control of the town of Soledar as part of Russias
months-long offensive to capture Ukraines eastern Donetsk area
On the western outskirts of Soledar there are heavy bloody fights
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are honorably protecting the territory of Soledar, Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on social media.The
Kremlin-linked entrepreneur, who has actually been hit with Western sanctions, also dismissed accusations that Ukrainian forces were
deserting the front lines en masse in Soledar
Lets be truthful with ourselves
The Ukrainian army is bravely fighting for Bakhmut and Soledar
Reports of their mass desertion are not true, Prigozhin said, pointed out by his press workplace on Telegram.Soledar is around 15
kilometers (9 miles) from the war-battered city of Bakhmut, which has ended up being the focus of battling in current months.The capture of
Bakhmut-- a city with a pre-war population of 70,000-- is now among Moscows main military goals practically a year into its Ukraine
mission.A Russian proxy official in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, stated on Tuesday on Russian state tv that Soledar was extremely near to
liberation by Moscows forces.He confessed that this came at a really high cost and said Ukrainian forces were still withstanding
Prigozhin said earlier today that Soledar was being stormed solely by Wagner units, stating they were battling increasingly for the citys
administration building.Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his late-night address on Monday that his soldiers were withstanding
new and even tougher assaults on Soledar
He said the town had actually been flattened by the battling
Everything is totally destroyed
The U.K.s defense ministry said on Monday that Moscows forces were most likely in control of most of Soledar.Prigozhin and Wagners public
personality has actually significantly grown because the Kremlin sent soldiers into Ukraine
The business owner has actually recruited detainees to combat in Ukraine, appealing amnesty upon their return if they survive.
