There have been conflicting reports over who controls the town, the site of a monthslong battle in the grinding fight for ...

In particular, those who personally participated in the annexation ... Russia's claim that its forces have taken control of the salt mining town of Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk province.

Russia claimed Friday that its forces captured a fiercely contested salt mining town, in what would mark a rare victory for ...

Ukraine has not confirmed the town's fall, and there have been conflicting reports about who controls the area after months ...

According to the polls, in the southern province of Zaporiyia, 93.11% of the votes were cast in favor of the annexation ... citizens in regions under Russian control. He has also stressed that ...

The town lies in the eastern Donetsk region, one of four that Putin claimed to have annexed last year despite failing to fully control. After the Russian retreat from Kherson in the south ...

Russia illegally annexed Donetsk and three other Ukrainian provinces in September, but its troops have struggled to advance. After Ukrainian forces recaptured the southern city of Kherson in ...

Russia claims that its forces have captured a fiercely contested salt mining town, but Ukraine has contested the claim.

Soledar is located in Ukraine’s Donetsk province, one of four that Moscow illegally annexed in September ... Taking control of the town would allow Russian forces “to cut supply lines for ...

18:45 (IST) Jan 13 Ukraine eastern military command on Soledar: Our units are there, city not under Russian control ... province, one of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow has illegally annexed.