• Ukrainian military spokesman: “Russian troops do not control Soledar”.
• Ukrainian President has thanked Ukrainian troops for their bravery and steadfastness.
• Ukraine’s military insists the situation in the town is under control.

“Russian troops do not control Soledar,”according to the Ukrainian military.  In a short call Wednesday, Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for Eastern Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said that “battles are ongoing there.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine and other defense forces are regrouping.” He described the suggestion that Russian forces control and surrounded Soledar as being an “information operation.”

He also criticized Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner, for allegedly creating an image of him in a salt mine. Prigozhin earlier claimed that the town was completely under the control of the Wagner forces.

Cherevatyi said Ukrainian forces are supplying troops with ammunition and food and described the situation as being “under control.” He added options to “improve the tactical situation were being looked for.”

Russian troops are focused on seizing Soledar, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. On Tuesday evening he thanked Ukrainian troops for their “bravery and steadfastness in defending Soledar.”

Ukraine’s military on Wednesday insisted the situation in the town was “under control,” and claimed that “Soledar was, is and always will be Ukrainian.”

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