A tank fires a round, amid Russia’s 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 January 10, 2023. State Border Guard Service Of Ukraine/via REUTERS
The head of Russia’s private military firm Wagner on Tuesday said his forces had taken control of the eastern Ukrainian mining town of Soledar but that fighting continued, Russian news agencies reported.
Ukraine had said earlier in the day that its forces were still holding out despite a Russian onslaught.
READ: Fierce fighting in Ukraine’s Soledar leaves battlefield strewn with corpses
“Wagner units took control of the entire territory of Soledar. A cauldron has been formed in the center of the city in which urban fighting is going on,” Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a statement cited by Russian agencies.
“The number of prisoners will be announced tomorrow,” he added, giving no further details.
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