INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine reported a fresh wave of attacks on key infrastructure facilities on Saturday, a day after Russia claimed to have captured the
ravaged eastern town of Soledar following a long battle.Victory in Soledar would be a rare achievement for Moscow after an embarrassing
Ukrenergo said, adding that it was working on "eliminating the consequences" of the strikes.In Kyiv, Ukrainian officials reported strikes on
northeastern Kharkiv region, "the enemy launched another missile attack on critical infrastructure and industrial facilities," governor Oleg
said.The fate of Soledar, a salt mining town in the Donetsk region that Russia finally claimed to have captured on Friday, remains unclear,
after regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko told Ukrainian television that Ukrainian forces still "controlled" the town on Saturday.Kyrylenko
conceded that the "battles continue in and outside of the town" and described the months-long fight for control of Soledar and nearby
Saturday, AFP journalists saw Ukrainian medics tending to the wounded brought from the nearby frontline
workers were "here to help the living", said a 31-year-old medic who identified himself as Vadim
Two men, one with a bandaged head, and another with an injured leg and carried on a stretcher, were quickly helped into a waiting
over one of the wounded men's vest, collecting the remaining bullets."Things are consistently difficult," said Vadim, but "the Ukrainians
are keeping their positions."
