Ukrainian authorities in the town of Soledar in Donetsk (eastern Ukraine) have assured on Saturday that the area remains under their control after the Russian Defense Ministry announced its capture on Friday, in one of the biggest military successes of Moscow’s forces in recent months.
In response, the Ukrainian governor of Soledar, Pavlo Kirilenko, assured that the city «remains under the control of the Ukrainian authorities».
«Our army is controlling it, despite the battles that continue inside and outside the city,» he assured in a televised message picked up by Ukrainian media.
The area has been the subject of intense fighting in recent days during which the parties to the conflict have offered contradictory versions, without it being clear who is in full control of this locality.
The Wagner Group, an alliance of mercenaries linked to the Kremlin, had already considered Soledar taken a few days ago, but Moscow had been more cautious and Kiev had directly denied the loss of the locality, where satellite images already show the effects of the destruction.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
