Russian mercenary group Wagner claimed to have taken control of the salt-mining town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine - a stepping stone in Moscow's push to capture the entire Donbas region - but fighting appeared to be continuing, APA reports citing Reuters.
The contract militia said on Tuesday night that fighting was still going on in the town centre and the Kyiv government said its troops were still holding out.
From the outskirts, plumes of smoke could be seen rising over the town and the incoming artillery fires was relentless.
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