in battle in soledar. let s first hear from the russian defence ministry. translation: our air force units have blocked soledar from the town s northern and southern parts. the russian aerospace forces are delivering strikes at enemy strongholds. assault crews are engaged in battle in the town. we ve also heard from president zelensky. translation: now that terrorist i state and its propaganda are trying to pretend that some part of our city of soledar, a city that was almost completely destroyed by the occupiers, is allegedly some kind of russia s achievement. they will present and are already presenting this to their society in such a way as to support mobilisation and to give hope to those who support aggression. but the fighting continues. ukraine s deputy defence minister has said russia failed to capture soledar. and here s president zelensky s advisor.
but the real reason remains to be seen. now let s get the latest on the fighting in ukraine. it s continuing in the town of soledar in eastern ukraine. that s despite earlier claims by the russian mercenary group, wagner, that they had taken control of the town. this picture believed to be of wagner group soldiers inside a salt mine in soledar was released earlier today with the group s head, yevgeny prigozhin in the centre. both russian and ukrainian governments have acknowledged there s fighting in soledar. this footage shows ukrainian forces allegedly shelling a salt mine in the town where russian forces are believed to be inside. let s first hear from the russian defence ministry. translation: our air force units have blocked soledar from the town s northern and southern parts. the russian aerospace forces are delivering strikes at enemy strongholds. assault groups are engaged
truthfully, interpreters had the best food, so i hung out with them a lot. i got to know him and i did get to observe him working with marines and our afghan army partners. he was always very motivated, very happy to serve in whatever capacity. he was constantly going on patrol, sitting in, assisting marines to the fullest abilities, working day and night. going on operations when we would insert into enemy strongholds and try to disrupt enemy networks or narcotics. overall he was a phenomenal asset for our unit. i kept in touch with him. i did deploy again in 2014. unfortunately, i didn t have the opportunity to work with him. i did remain in touch with him. and then fast forward through the last six, seven years, i ve kept in touch with my buddy. he had sense gotten married and