Ukraine denies reports Soledar has fallen to Russia, Zelenskyy says battle “continues”

On Friday, Ukrainian authorities denied Russia claims that its forces captured the fiercely contested salt-mining town of Soledar, in what would mark a strategic victory for the Kremlin after a series of setbacks in its invasion of Ukraine.

"The heavy fight for the Donetsk region continues. The battle for Bakhmut and Soledar, for Kreminna, for other cities and villages in the east of our country continues,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “Despite the fact that the enemy has deployed most of its forces exactly in this direction, our warriors — the Armed Forces of Ukraine, all defence and security forces — are defending the state."

There have been conflicting reports over who controls the town, the site of a bloody battle in the grinding fight for Ukraine’s eastern regions. The Associated Press could not independently confirm either side’s claim of territorial control.

Soledar is located in Ukraine’s Donetsk province, one of four that Moscow illegally annexed in September. From the outset, Moscow identified Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk province as priorities, and in September declared them part of Russia along with two other regions.

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