Ukraine's eastern salt mining town of Soledar hung in the balance as Russia's mercenary firm Wagner claimed control, but continued fighting and Kyiv's assertion earlier that its forces were holding out raised uncertainty.

Russian mercenaries claim to capture Ukraine's Soledar amid fierce fighting

Russia claims to have killed "more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen" in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk as a "retaliatory strike" for the deaths of 89 soldiers who died in Makiivka.

Russia claims it killed over '600 Ukrainian servicemen' in 'retaliatory strike'

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Russian mercenaries claim to capture Ukraine's Soledar amid fierce fighting

Russia claims it killed over '600 Ukrainian servicemen' in 'retaliatory strike'