The battle for conflict-battered Soledar in eastern Ukraine is one of the most ferocious of Russia's nearly year-long campaign, with Moscow desperate for a win and Kyiv determined to hold ground. Here's what to know.
One analyst, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that for Russia gaining Soledar would be a"victory with little strategic value."
Neither side has given a precise casualty count, but satellite images that show the hollowed-out town point to the sweeping scale of the destruction.Nowhere is the growing role of Russian mercenaries in the Ukraine conflict more apparent than in Bakhmut and Soledar. Khramchikhin said the group's military role has been"quite important" and pointed to several advantages the it enjoys over the regular army:
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