Russia's Wagner Group has claimed that it has liberated Soledar. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russian President Vladimir Putin's mercenary group, has claimed that over 500 soldiers have been killed in a fierce fighting and that his group was cleansing the salt mining town in East Ukraine which has allegedly been strewn with corpses of Ukrainian soldiers. Though Ukraine has rejected Russian claims on Soledar, President Volodymyr Zelensky is yet to respond to the fresh Russian assertions. Watch this video for more information on why Russia is fighting the 'insane and bloody' battle for Soledar.
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