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Ukrainian soldiers have withdrawn from salt mine town of Soledar, say UK defence chiefs

Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the salt mine town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, British defence chiefs said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Ukraine Closer to Receiving Modern Western Battle Tanks, More Patriots

Ukraine is a step closer to winning approval for German-made modern battle tanks to confront invading Russian forces and has secured a pledge of more Patriot defense missiles as its allies appear ready to rally for the next phase of the war. Germany's Leopard 2 tank, operated by armies in…

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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.

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Ukrainian forces still holding out in eastern town of Soledar in fierce battles, say UK defence chiefs

Ukrainian troops are holding out in Soledar despite Russian claims to have captured the town in the east of the country, British defence chiefs said on Monday.

Evening Standard

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Battle continues in Soledar as ‘minimal chance’ of survivors in Dnipro strike

Kyiv worried as Russia and Belarus kickstart military exercises today

The Independent UK

Death toll from Russian missile strike that hit apartment block in Dnipro rises

President Volodymyr Zelensky said a child was among the people confirmed dead so far

The Independent UK

Deaths, blackouts as Russian missiles hit multiple Ukraine cities

Russian missiles smash into Dnipro residential building, killing 14 people and wounding 64 others.

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Russia’s frenzied fight for Ukraine’s strategic eastern towns

Capturing Bakhmut would be a tremendous ‘morale booster’ for the Russian war effort after a series of setbacks.

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Ukraine forces retain control of Soledar despite Russian claims, governor says

Ukrainian forces are fighting to retain control of Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the regional governor said on Saturday, contradicting Russian claims that Moscow's forces had captured the small town.

Reuters

Russia's Prigozhin boasts of Wagner prowess amid wrangling with defence establishment

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, boasted of his forces' prowess on Saturday amid a simmering rivalry with the defence ministry over who should get credit for leading Russia's assault on the Ukrainian town of Soledar.

Reuters

Ukraine news – live: Toll from Russian strike on Dnipro rises to 20 as Sunak confirms tanks supply to Kyiv

Tanks announcement comes as Russia renews air strikes on Ukraine capital Kyiv

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 325 of the invasion

UN nuclear watchdog boosting presence in Ukraine; hundreds of civilians trapped in eastern town of Soledar

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskyy mocks Russian forces fighting for ‘credit’ over Soledar

Head of the Wagner mercenary group had accused Russia’s military establishment of trying to ‘steal victory’ in Soledar.

Al Jazeera

Zelenskiy says battle for Soledar, other eastern Ukraine cities continues

Ukrainian forces are continuing to fight Russian troops in Soledar and other cities in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a late-night video address on Friday.

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Why the salt mines of Soledar, a 'network of underground cities', are prized by Russian mercenaries

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the landscape around Soledar is covered in Russian corpses. The head of Russia's feared Wagner Group calls neighbouring Bakhmut a "meat grinder". So why do the Russians keep coming?

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

The battle for Soledar; Putin reshuffles his military top brass again; west considers giving tanks to Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Kyiv says battles ongoing in Soledar and denies Russians have taken town – as it happened

Spokesperson for Ukraine army says statements from Russia that it has captured Soledar ‘are not true’

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Evening Standard

I met the British volunteers killed in Ukraine — they were brave but ill-prepared

This morning, the Foreign Office confirmed the deaths of British volunteers Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and Chris Parry, 28, in Ukraine. Reporter Tom Mutch — who interviewed Bagshaw ahead of his latest evacuation attempt — pays tribute to their selflessness

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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.

Reuters

Analysis-Russian mercenary boss courts Putin with Ukrainian battlefield success

In the twilight of the Soviet Union, Yevgeny Prigozhin was languishing in prison for theft. Now as the founder of Russia's most powerful mercenary group, he is vying for Vladimir Putin's favour by claiming a rare battlefield win in Ukraine.

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Russia is touting a rare military victory, but Ukraine disputes that claim

Control of Soledar could allow Russia to cut off Ukrainian supply lines to nearby Bakhmut, another fiercely contested city seen as central to Russia's struggling efforts to control eastern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Moscow claims control of Soledar but Kyiv says fighting continues

The capture of the town in eastern Ukraine would enable Russian troops to envelop the nearby city of Bakhmut.

The Independent UK

Russia says it has captured the eastern town of Soledar

Russia’s Defense Ministry says its forces captured the salt-mining town of Soledar

Reuters

Russia claims Soledar capture, Zelenskiy mocks nod to Wagner role

Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the salt-mining town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, claiming to have made its first big battlefield gain after half a year of military setbacks.

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