Russia Says It Took Soledar, Ukraine Denies Its Capture; Ukraine Says Fight for Soledar Isn’t Over Despite Russian Gains; Russian Troops ‘moving over Their Own corpses’ as More Than 100 Killed in Soledar; Moscow and Kyiv Dispute Control Over Salt-Mining Town, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

Battle Rages in Ukraine Town; Russia Shakes Up Its Military; Governor Denies Russia Captured Soledar, Claims Ukraine 'fighting for every centimeter'; Zelenskiy Mocks Russia's Claims Over Soledar, Says Fighting Continues; Ukrainian Military Strikes 3 Russian Control Centers, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

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Russia Gains Ground in East Ukraine as Fight for Bakhmut Intensifies; Ukraine Reinforces Bakhmut as Fierce Russian Assaults Continue; Kyiv Oblast Head Checks Its Defence: "Lines are being fortified"; Ukrainian Defenders Hit Command Post, Cluster of Russian Personnel and Positions of Anti-Aircraft Systems, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

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