Russian forces have taken full control of the strategic Donbass town of Soledar, Moscow’s Defense Ministry confirmed on Friday. The news comes after Russian private military company Wagner Group claimed this week that its fighters had already overrun the Ukrainian stronghold and were clearing its vast underground tunnel network.
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‘The entire town is littered with bodies’: How Ukraine suffered a humiliating defeat in Soledar after a relentless Russian assault
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