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The battle for Ukraine’s Soledar: ‘What madness looks like’

A local pushes his bicycle past "hedgehog" tank traps and rubble down a street in Bakhmut, Donetsk region [Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP]

Ukrainian forces are still holding out in the eastern mining town of Soledar despite a massive Russian onslaught, Ukraine’s deputy defence minister said.

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence said earlier on Tuesday that Russia had probably captured most of the town after four days of advances, a rare success for Moscow’s troops after a string of humiliating retreats last year.

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