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Ukraine says it's fighting to hold Soledar, but 'situation difficult'

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Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister, Ganna Malyar, says the country's forces are fighting to retain control of Soledar, a town in the eastern Donetsk region, but the situation remains "difficult". Malyar describes the battle as "the fiercest and heaviest fighting" and says that Russian forces are "suffering heavy losses".

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