Ukraine confirms retreat from hard-fought over town of Soledar to "preserve the lives of personnel"


Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces have conducted an organized retreat from a town in the eastern region of the Donbas, an official confirmed Wednesday, in what amounts to a rare but modest battlefield triumph for the Kremlin after a series of setbacks in its invasion that began almost 11 months ago. The Ukrainian army retreated from the salt-mining town of Soledar to "preserve…
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