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Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Uncertainty over strategic town of Soledar

Published 01/07/2023, 02:52 AM
Updated 01/10/2023, 06:57 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Vlad from the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade drives an APC on the front line at Orthodox Christmas, during a ceasefire announced by Russia over the Orthodox Christmas period, from the frontline region of Kreminna, Ukraine, January 6, 2023.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Vlad from the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade drives an APC on the front line at Orthodox Christmas, during a ceasefire announced by Russia over the Orthodox Christmas period, from the frontline region of Kreminna, Ukraine, January 6, 2023.

(Reuters) - Ukraine's eastern salt mining town of Soledar hung in the balance as Russia's mercenary firm Wagner claimed control, but continued fighting and Kyiv's assertion earlier that its forces were holding out raised uncertainty.

FIGHTING

* Soledar has symbolic, military and commercial value for Russia and if its forces capture the town and its huge salt mines, it would be Moscow's most substantial gain since a series of retreats throughout much of the second half of 2022.

* Ukraine's armed forces said Russian forces trained tank, mortar and artillery fire on Avdiivka, a second focus of the Russian military south of Bakhmut and not far from the city of Donetsk, held by Russian proxies since 2014.

* Russian forces shelled 13 settlements in and around Kharkiv region, largely returned to Ukrainian hands in September and October, the Ukrainian military said.

* Reuters could not verify the battlefield reports.

* Russia has appointed Colonel-General Alexander Lapin as chief of staff of the country's ground forces, state-owned news agency TASS reported, despite criticism from hawks over his performance in Ukraine.

POLITICS/DIPLOMACY/AID

* One of Russian President Putin's closest allies said Moscow was now effectively fighting the U.S.-led NATO military alliance in Ukraine and that the West was trying to wipe Russia from the political map of the world.

* German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made a surprise visit to Kharkiv and promised more weapons as well as "concrete offers" to help Ukraine's accession to the European Union.

* Ukrainian troops are expected to begin training on the Patriot missile defence system at a military base in the United States in coming weeks, a U.S. official said.

* Canada will buy a U.S.-made National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) for Ukraine, a statement from Prime Minister Trudeau's office said.

* The Kremlin said new Western deliveries of armoured vehicles to Ukraine would deepen suffering.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Olha, 60, resident of Soledar waits in a temporary sleeping accommodation before being transported to an evacuation train where she will get out in Dnipro, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

QUOTE

"The free world has everything necessary to stop Russian aggression and bring about a historic defeat for the terrorist state" - Ukrainian President Zelenskiy.

Latest comments

Liar liar pants on fire, russians have 0 credibility I would rather stick my head in a sea of piranha fish than trust a russian
Yes one more time never trust putin or the russians never never
by default, don’t trust a single word coming from russia unless there is irrefutable proof
y'all trust main stream media. good 👍🏾
Confirmed by Russian mili tary bloggers on Telegram. Wake up. Russian government sits on a throne of propaganda
Does anyone actually believe anything Russia says? No need to report it we know it is all lies
Please stop complaining about the tax and the bills for supporting Ukraine it’s the most important war we have we must not let putin winn he must be destroyed we stand together
Amen brutha. If Putin wins, other countries will follow. We did nothing when Russia invaded Georgia. Now Putin's invading Ukraine. If we continue to do nothing, the North Koreas, Iran, China, and future tyrants of the world will use the same tactics of nuclear war to keep invading other countries until freedom is snuffed out, not to mention force other countries to develope nuclear capacities to counter these tyrants. The line must be drawn here, now. No further. Appeasing Hitler didn't end well.
Nobody is complaining except for Russian sympathizers.
traitor trump cultists worship puketin.
All know that putin the evil of Russia and kiriil patriarch of Moscow the priest is supporting the killing of children and innocent people is necessary to fight the nazisme in ukraine Vladimir Putin and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill over the past two decades. It asserts, the theologians write, that “there is a transnational Russian sphere or civilization, called Holy Russia or Holy Rus’, which includes Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (and sometimes Moldova and Kazakhstan), as well as ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking people throughout the world.”We must stop this together now they must be hanged
you should stop been blindfolded
i agreed putin is not the biggest problem that the Russians who is doing what he is telling them to do that’s is insane
 I am not brainwashed
Uhhh it’s good that German and france and USA send tanks and more weapons but how will we be now if they have done that from the start
D
The Ukraine is not the responsibility of the United States. Stop sending US taxpayer money to that country.
We'll decide what is our responsibility, thank you. Now, get out of Ukraine.
Money is not the problem it’s the innocent ukrainischen people that have been invaded buy the barbaric putin stop thinking about money it’s yours feature in the democratic world taxpayer
You win your biggest enemy without losing a single soldier. You use money fed can print more
Ceasefire means nothings in this point and it’s a new stunt of the barbaric putin let him lose god and be hanged
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