On the same day that Russia claimed victory in Soledar, Ukraine learned its military will soon be bolstered with Polish tanks.
The first claims of a Russian win in Soledar were made by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group. In audio messages posted to his Telegram Channel late Tuesday, Prigozhin said his troops had taken the town. On Wednesday, Russian state-owned media outlets also reported Russia had seized Soledar.
However, numerous Ukrainian officials refuted Prigozhin's statements while acknowledging that heavy fighting in Soledar was ongoing. The main image shows a Polish Leopard 2 tank participating in a military exercise on June 18, 2015, in Zagan, Poland. In the inset, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish President Andrzej Duda attend a joint press conference in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Wednesday. Duda announced that Poland would be providing Ukraine with Leopard tanks.
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