Key Donbass town close to liberation – DPR head

Russian forces are about to seize the key town of Soledar from the Ukrainian military, the acting head of Russia’s People’s Republic of Donetsk Denis Pushilin has said.

“The events [in Soledar] are developing in the exact way that the town is close to liberation,” Pushilin told Channel 1 on Tuesday.

The fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops is now taking place in the Western part of the settlement, he added.