Inmates who were transferred from their prison cells to the war s front lines with the Wagner Group of private mercenaries say they have witnessed public executions.
In Soledar, once a bustling salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine, the ground is now scarred from a relentless stream of missiles and gunfire as Russian forces aim to take control of the nearby city of Bakhmut.
Experienced medical surgeon Major-General Andriy Verba from Vinnytsia conducted the daring operation in the company of two soldiers, knowing the explosive could detonate.
Serhiy Gaidai (pictured), the governor of the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, told Ukrainian television that forces launched a strike on a hotel in the town of Kadiivka on Saturday.