Daily Memo: Russia in Soledar

Reports suggest the Wagner Group has taken control of the strategically important area.

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Soledar. The acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine said members of the Wagner Group, a Russian private military contractor, took control of the city of Soledar on Jan. 11. Russia says Soledar is strategically important for its location at the center of the defense line from Bakhmut to Seversk, and as […]

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