russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar, a small town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive, which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia s claims are true, it would be the first ukrainian town it has captured since july after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraine s president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still under way. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. a salt mining town under russian assault, soledar has become a story of carnage and contradiction. after months of bloody fighting, an attempt by russia to give a clear message. for the first time, a claim to be in complete control, and that this town is the start of something bigger. the capture of soledar became possible due to the constant destruction of the enemy, says russia s defence ministry. by ground attack, aircraft, missiles, and
and following these developments because, as you suggest, there has been quite a tense relationship between china and the us going back over the last few months, and especially as it relates to taiwan and the united states rather complex relationship with china and taiwan. but knowing that there is this close relationship with japan and in terms of the us military in fact, there was an announcement very recently about us military marines that are based injapan regrouping to put them in a position where it s easier to respond to any aggression. all of that is going to be of interest to the chinese. you are watching bbc news. the headlines russia claims a strategic victory in ukraine, saying its troops have captured the eastern town of soledar. brazil s supreme court says prosecutors should investigate the role of former president jair bolsonaro in the storming of congress. more than 30 tornados have struck the southern united states, killing at least seven people
about the significance of russia moving into soledar. it s important that russia has not been able to capture any sort of town, let alone city, for a long time, as the correspondentjust said. but even more important is the fact that now the kremlin can tell the russian population that things are going our way, and the russian population is not going to say, how big was the town? is it big enough for us to be satisfied? they will see that the russian forces have captured, if that is indeed the case, have captured a town, and that will give them some hope and that will in turn encourage them or entice them to support the war, because we should remember that the war was not going to last this long. even in russia, people s patience will start wearing thin when young men just kept dying without any gains to show for it. what sort of reaction will this
russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar, a small town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive, which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia s claims are true, it would be the first ukrainian town it has captured since july after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraine s president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still under way. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. a salt mining town under russian assault, soledar has become a story of carnage and contradiction. after months of bloody fighting, an attempt by russia to give a clear message. for the first time, a claim to be in complete control, and that this town is the start
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