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in the second division, i think. hello and welcome. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar, a small town in eastern ukraine that's been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive — which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia's claims are true, it would be the first ukrainan town it has captured sincejuly — after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraine's president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still under way. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse...

hello and welcome. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar —— a small town in eastern ukraine that's been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive — which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia's claims are true, it would be the first ukrainan town it has captured sincejuly — after six months of russian forces in nearby bakhmut. but ukraine's president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still underway. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse reports. a salt mini...

The fear is, without them, russia's advance might not stop at soledar. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. elizabeth shackelford is a senior fellow on us foreign policy at the chicago council on global affairs. i asked her what she makes of the russian victory announcement in soledar. it is hard to independently verify if russia has taken soledar at this point, but making the assumption that they have, it is contested but they have certainly been been making gains there, i would disagree with russia's claimed that this is a strategic victory. it is certainly a tactical step to overrunning bakhmu...