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But you get closer to the front line, you get closer to solid our, and the situation becomes much clear. we have been speaking with soldiers that their area. they say, yes, we basically pulled out, and at the moment, we understand that some of the villages that we were in around soledar have been coming under intense russian bombardment. so for instance, in that report, we did see a soldier coming from the area around soledar but inside the city itself, it does appear that the russians are in control at the moment. the worry now is that they've taken soledar, that they're going to start trying...

Been coming under pretty intense russian bombardment. so, for instance, in that report, we did see a soldier who was coming from the area around soledar. but inside the city itself, it does appear that the russians are in control at the moment. now, the worry now is that they've taken soledar, that they're going to start trying to encircle the adjacent city of bakhmut, which is about nine miles to the south of there. what we've seen on the ground from inside bakhmut is that the fighting is really beginning to get quite intense, anderson. >> ben wedeman, appreciate it. you and your team stay sa...

The battered city is a stumbling block in Russia's plan to take the Donbas, writes the BBC's Orla Guerin.