Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 'fighting continues' in eastern Soledar town, rejecting Russian mercenary group Wagner's claim that the salt mining town has fallen, as fighting enters its 322nd day Follow our live coverage👇
Ukrainian army, of the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade fire a German howitzer Panzerhaubitze 2000 near Soledar. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that fighting was still raging in a key eastern frontline city that a Russian mercenary group earlier said it controlled.
The fate of Soledar in eastern Ukraine was uncertain after Russian group Wagner claimed it controlled the gateway town — but the Kremlin cautioned against declaring victory prematurely."The terrorist state and its propagandists are trying to pretend" to have achieved some successes in Soledar, Zelenskyy said, "but the fighting continues".
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