Ukraine said on Thursday its troops were holding out despite heavy fighting on a battlefield littered with bodies around a salt mining town in eastern Ukraine, where Russian mercenaries have claimed Moscow's first significant gain in half a year.
use up to 50,000 shells per day, only near soledar and bakhmut alone. so, basically, we could say that one of the biggest and the most fierce battles on european continent since world war ii. and the pictures we ve seen from there suggest that there might be truth to that. this video was posted by ukraine. you can see an injured person being stretchered out of a building, then carried into a first aid truck. the entire area is destroyed. here s another video. it shows the ukrainian military near soledar, firing multiple rockets. the governor of donetsk gave this update to ukrainian tv. translation: there are 559 people still left in soledar, including 15 children. that s as of today. they had the opportunity to leave before the 5th ofjanuary, but they chose not to.
being stretchered out of a building, then carried into a first aid truck. he is evacuated under heavy gunfire. the entire area is destroyed. here s another video. it shows the ukrainian military near soledar, firing multiple rockets. the governor of donetsk gave this update to ukrainian tv. translation: there are 559 people still left in soledar, including 15 children. that s as of today. they had the opportunity to leave before the 5th ofjanuary, but they chose not to. the city was then closed because of active fighting and enemy attacks. melinda haring is a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council s eurasia centre. she told me why this town was so important to the russians and the propaganda perspective. the russians have not had propaganda perspective. the russians have not had a propaganda perspective. the russians have not had a victory propaganda perspective. the russians have not had a victory in propaganda perspective. the russians have not had a victory in
trillions. reuters reporting authorities detained a russian cargo ship carrying stolen grain. that is according to the ambassador in turkey speaking on ukrainian tv. ukraine has accused russia of stealing grain in territories its forces have seized. cnn covering the story from every angle. claire sebastian here in london. let s start with cnn s scott mclean live in kyiv. scott, they are basically outgunned in this region they pulled out of. reporter: out gunned, out manned. max, look, this was one of russia s major goals in this war to take luhansk and the other take donetsk region, and perhaps far beyond that. ukraine has conceded their troops did have to pull back. there are still some pockets of resistance. the local governor in the area spoke with cnn this morning and framed the situation like this. saying the ukrainians could have gone on and fought for, say, another two weeks or so, but they would have sustained heavy
Banding together, once rivals created a wartime system where media groups share several air hours a day, which are broadcast by all six central TV channels to ensure around-the-clock broadcasting.