Competing Claims on Control of Soledar Portend Long Fight in Ukraine’s Embattled East
The capture of Soledar with its vast salt mines would have more symbolic and possibly commercial value for Moscow than actual military value.
Ukrainian servicemen fire a Finnish 120 mm mortar toward Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, January 11, 2023. AP/Evgeniy Maloletka
