The town's fall would mark a rare victory for the Kremlin after a series of battlefield setbacks in its Ukraine invasion. Moscow says taking control of Soledar would allow Russian forces to cut supply lines for Ukrainian troops in the nearby city of Bakhmut.
This terrifying war has destroyed communities forcing millions of people from their homes, and it's hard to see how they will return to these places and even if they could what would they find here?Soledar may have fallen, but Vadym tells me Russia has lost a large number of men for not much gain.
"They've had a lot of losses - they're attacking in waves, and they're walking over the dead bodies."
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