Ukraine has said its troops were holding out against pro-Moscow forces in the eastern salt mining town of Soledar as more than 500 civilians including children were trapped there
In a video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked two units in Soledar that he said"are holding their positions and inflicting significant losses on the enemy." He did not give more details.
Moscow however, has held off officially proclaiming a victory, which would be its first significant gain in six months. "At the moment, there are still some small pockets of resistance in Soledar," Andrei Bayevsky, a Russian-installed local politician, said in an online broadcast.
"Even if both Bakhmut and Soledar fall to the Russians, it's not going to have a strategic impact on the war itself," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House,"and it certainly isn't going to stop the Ukrainians or slow them down." Mr Kovalenko said Soledar's cavernous salt mines could prove lucrative for Russia, if its forces succeeded in taking the town.
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