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Capture of Soledar ?? ...how can you capture something that doesn't exist ??
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KYIV - Moscow's defense ministry claimed on Friday Russian soldiers had captured the salt-mining town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, while Ukrainian forces said hard fighting was still going on there as they draw up new defensive positions.
"Russian information operations have overexaggerated the importance of Soledar, which is at best a Russian Pyrrhic tactical victory. ISW continues to assess that the capture of Soledar - a settlement smaller than 5.5 square miles - will not enable Russian forces to exert control over critical Ukrainian ground lines of communication into Bakhmut nor better position Russian forces to encircle the city in the short term," the ISW said in a statement.
"New reserves arrived in Soledar back on January 7, and we were holding the line to keep our front from falling while the new line of defense was constructed."


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