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Russia’s frenzied fight for Ukraine’s strategic eastern towns

Capturing Bakhmut would be a tremendous ‘morale booster’ for the Russian war effort after a series of setbacks.

Al Jazeera

Rishi Sunak confirms UK will send Challenger 2 tanks rolling into battle in Ukraine

Following a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today, a No 10 spokesperson confirmed Britain will be "accelerating military and diplomatic support"

Daily Mirror

Why the salt mines of Soledar, a 'network of underground cities', are prized by Russian mercenaries

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the landscape around Soledar is covered in Russian corpses. The head of Russia's feared Wagner Group calls neighbouring Bakhmut a "meat grinder". So why do the Russians keep coming?

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I met the British volunteers killed in Ukraine — they were brave but ill-prepared

This morning, the Foreign Office confirmed the deaths of British volunteers Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and Chris Parry, 28, in Ukraine. Reporter Tom Mutch — who interviewed Bagshaw ahead of his latest evacuation attempt — pays tribute to their selflessness

Evening Standard

‘Hellish’ battle for Soledar symbolises state of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Fall of saltmining town would be propaganda coup for Kremlin but analysts say scale of casualties make it a pyrrhic victory

The Guardian - UK

Russia is touting a rare military victory, but Ukraine disputes that claim

Control of Soledar could allow Russia to cut off Ukrainian supply lines to nearby Bakhmut, another fiercely contested city seen as central to Russia's struggling efforts to control eastern Ukraine.

WEKU

Moscow claims control of Soledar but Kyiv says fighting continues

The capture of the town in eastern Ukraine would enable Russian troops to envelop the nearby city of Bakhmut.

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Russia Claims Control of Soledar, Ukraine Says Fighting Ongoing

Russia said Friday its forces had wrested control of the war-scarred town of Soledar in east Ukraine, its first claim of victory in months of battlefield setbacks, but Ukraine said there was no takeover. Both sides have conceded heavy losses in the battle for the salt mining outpost, with Moscow…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelensky Promises 'Everything Necessary' to Defend Soledar from Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed that Ukrainian forces defending Bakhmut and Soledar in the east will be armed with everything they need to keep Russian troops at bay in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Kyiv said its troops were fighting to retain control of the now-battered industrial…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s battlefields are freezing. Here’s what that means for the war

Temperatures in eastern Ukraine have been well below freezing in recent days, hardening the ground and opening a window for potential winter offensives by both sides.

Tribune News Service

Vladimir Putin replaces top Ukraine commander 'General Armageddon' after just 3 months

While overseeing troops in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin was crediting with strengthening coordination, reinforcing control and introducing a campaign of knocking out Ukraine's energy infrastructure

Daily Mirror

Satellite images show devastation to Russian-controlled mining town

Schools and agricultural warehouses reduced to ashes in Soledar, satellite images show

The Independent UK

Ukraine's Bakhmut: Inside the frontline city

The eastern city of Bakhmut has become the most active and violent frontline in the Ukraine war. It is constantly pounded with both Russian and Ukrainian artillery, and infantry is fighting on the streets. Our reporters James André and Mayssa Awad spent six days inside Bakhmut. They followed Ukrainian soldiers…

France 24

The battle for Bakhmut: Russia's bloody bid for Ukraine breakthrough

Soledar, a salt-mining town of 10,000 people in eastern Ukraine, is the new focal point of a war where the Kremlin badly needs some good news from the battlefield. We ask who controls the town that's a gateway to the Donbas city of Bakhmut, where the Russians have been pushing…

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The Independent UK

Putin authorises military shake-up in Ukraine – as Zelensky mocks claims town of Soledar has been seized

Kyiv officials say intensity of fighting comparable to Second World War, with Russian mercenary group claiming ‘complete liberation’ of town

The Guardian - UK

Russia replaces general in charge of Ukraine war in latest military shake-up

Valery Gerasimov to replace Sergei Surovikin, who was appointed in October, as Zelenskiy mocks claims of Russian victory in Soledar

Al Jazeera

Why does ‘Putin’s chef’ want Ukraine’s Soledar so badly?

Seizing the salt-mining town could offer the Wagner Group chief Kremlin clout. Ukraine says it is still in Kyiv’s hands.

Daily Mirror

Russian army on ropes after dramatic 75% plunge in artillery fire in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin's boys are only firing artillery at around 75 per cent of their wartime high, a massive drop, which could be due to dwindling stockpiles of rockets or a reassessment of tactics

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Factbox-Why Russia is targeting the Ukrainian town of Soledar

Russian and Ukrainian forces were engaged in intense fighting on Wednesday over the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine - a stepping stone in Moscow's push to capture the entire Donbas region - with the Russians appearing to have the upper hand.

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Putin shakes up military leadership amid pressure over invasion

Russia replaces war leader for second time since October

The Independent UK

Ukraine says mining town holding out against Russian assault

The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine is hanging in the balance

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Wagner Group chief says troops have taken Soledar

Eastern Ukrainian town renowned for its salt mines has been at the centre of days of fierce fighting.

Reuters

Ukraine says troops hold out in corpse-strewn battlefield of Soledar

Ukraine said on Thursday its troops were holding out despite heavy fighting on a battlefield littered with bodies in a salt mining town in eastern Ukraine, where Russian mercenaries have claimed Moscow's first significant gain in half a year.

The Guardian - UK

Head of Russia’s Wagner group says his troops have taken control of Soledar

Yevgeny Prigozhin poses with some of his mercenaries in Ukrainian town renowned for its salt mines

Al Jazeera

The battle for Ukraine’s Soledar: ‘What madness looks like’

Capturing Soledar would be seen as a win for Russian forces who have experienced months of military losses.

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