The battle for Bakhmut: Russia’s bloody bid for Ukraine breakthrough
13 January 2023 |
2:23 pm
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 for months.
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