Ukraine officially admitted ceding Soledar to Russian forces on Wednesday, after a months-long bloody battle, APA reports citing Euronews.
A Ukrainian army spokesman confirmed its troops had withdrawn from Soledar, a town in the east, but without specifying when this took place.
"After months of difficult fighting... the Ukrainian armed forces left [Soledar]" to "retreat to prepared positions", said Sergui Tcherevaty.