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Russian-installed authorities say they are in control of Ukraine's Soledar

Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region said on Tuesday they were in control of Soledar, repeating their earlier claim about the salt-mining town where intense fighting has taken place.

Reuters · Jan 17, 2023

Shakhtar chief gives £20.5m of Mudryk fee to Ukrainian soldiers and families

The Shakhtar Donetsk president, Rinat Akhmetov, has donated £20.5m of Mykhaylo Mudryk’s Chelsea transfer fee to the Ukrainian war effort

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2023

Soccer-Shakhtar Donetsk to allocate $25 million for aid in Ukraine

Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk will allocate $25 million to aid soldiers and their families, president Rinat Akhmetov said on Monday, a day after receiving a record transfer fee for winger Mykhailo Mudryk from Premier League club Chelsea.

Reuters · Jan 16, 2023

Russia claims victory in Soledar – but Ukraine says its troops are holding on

Taking of Donetsk town would be a symbolic win for Vladimir Putin, but the scale of casualties may make it a pyrrhic victory

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

Russia claims Donbas town but Ukraine says it’s in control

Russia claimed Moscow’s troops had taken Soledar, a small town in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, in one of their first victories in months. Kyiv rejected the claim.

Tribune News Service · Jan 13, 2023

Ukraine resisting 'high intensity' offensive in Soledar

KYIV: Ukraine said Friday it was resisting a "high intensity" Russian offensive in Soledar, a town in the eastern Donetsk region where Moscow was deploying more troops.

Bangkok Post · Jan 13, 2023

Zelensky Promises 'Everything Necessary' to Defend Soledar from Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed that Ukrainian forces defending Bakhmut and Soledar in the east will be armed with everything they need to keep Russian troops at bay in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Kyiv said its troops were fighting to retain control of the now-battered industrial…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 13, 2023

Russian-installed official says Ukrainian 'resistance' persists in Soledar

A Russian-installed official in Ukraine's Donetsk region said on Thursday that "pockets of resistance" remained in the Ukrainian town of Soledar, undermining claims that the town had been taken by Russian forces.

Reuters · Jan 12, 2023

‘Brutal, bloody battles’: Russia’s ‘insane’ fight for Soledar

Ukraine has been crying out for more heavy armour, longer range weapons and air defence systems to end the war.

Al Jazeera · Jan 11, 2023

Russian army on ropes after dramatic 75% plunge in artillery fire in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin's boys are only firing artillery at around 75 per cent of their wartime high, a massive drop, which could be due to dwindling stockpiles of rockets or a reassessment of tactics

Daily Mirror · Jan 11, 2023