Ukraine Navy Denies Russian Group Wagner Captured Soledar

Kyiv, Ukraine:

Kyiv denied Wednesday that forces from Russian mercenary group Wagner had taken the essential gateway city of Soledar in east Ukraine, whose seize would pave the best way for additional beneficial properties in Donbas.

“Soledar was, is and might be Ukrainian,” the strategic communications department of the Ukrainian army stated in an announcement, saying footage launched by the Wagner preventing group that Russian media stated had been taken in Soledar had been taken elsewhere.

(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)