FILE PHOTO: Denis Pushilin, Moscow-installed acting leader of the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine's Donetsk region, meets with civilians evacuated from the salt-mining town of Soledar in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict at a temporary accommodation centre located in a local dormitory in Shakhtarsk (Shakhtyorsk), Russian-controlled Ukraine, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
The top Moscow-installed official in the occupied parts of the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine said late on Sunday that he had visited the town of Soledar that Russia claimed to had captured earlier this month.
Denis Pushilin, the administrator, published a short video on the Telegram messaging app that showed him driving and walking amidst uninhabited areas and destroyed buildings.
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