Ukraine’s deputy defence minister says Russian forces are trying without success to break through defensive lines to capture Soledar as fierce fighting rages on.
“Heavy fighting continues in Soledar,” Hanna Maliar wrote on Telegram.
“The enemy has again replaced its units after sustaining losses, has increased the number of Wagner [mercenaries] and is trying to burst through our forces’ defences and fully seize the city but is not having success,” she said.
