Ukrainian internet users geolocated Prigozhin's claimed location to a real salt mine well within Russian lines, nowhere near Ukrainian positions, debunking the capture claim.
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Ukrainian internet users geolocated Prigozhin's claimed location to a real salt mine well within Russian lines, nowhere near Ukrainian positions, debunking the capture claim.
Russian forces are attacking residential areas in Bakhmut, killing and injuring civilians.
Putin had been promised that Bakhmut would be taken by the New Year.
The town of Soledar near Bakhmut in the eastern Donetsk Oblast came under Russian fire 86 times over the past day.
Wagner units have taken control of the whole territory of Soledar. A cauldron has been formed in the center of the city in which urban fighting is going on.
Occupiers launched 4 missile strikes on civilian objects in Lyman and Chasiv Yar and 23 airstrikes over the past 24 hours.
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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:31.216Z
Source story: day-322a-2023-02-15