Posted on Jan 16, 2023
What Russia's claim on the capture of Soledar means for Ukraine
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Sergey Radchenko of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies about Russia's claim to have captured the eastern Ukrainian town of Soledar.
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Sergey Radchenko of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies about Russia's claim to have captured the eastern Ukrainian town of Soledar.
What Russia's claim on the capture of Soledar means for Ukraine
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wow-PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."Soledar is the site of huge salt mines which have commercial value and could also be used to store weapons and ammunition out of range of Ukrainian missiles.
Ukraine says Russia is throwing wave upon wave of soldiers into a pointless fight for a bombed-out wasteland.
U.S. officials said a Russian victory in Soledar, or even in Bakhmut, a city ten times larger where the Russians have so far been repelled, would mean little for the overall trajectory of the war.
“Even if both Bakhmut and Soledar fall to the Russians, it’s not going to have a strategic impact on the war itself,” U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House, “and it certainly isn’t going to stop the Ukrainians or slow them down.”
..."Soledar is the site of huge salt mines which have commercial value and could also be used to store weapons and ammunition out of range of Ukrainian missiles.
Ukraine says Russia is throwing wave upon wave of soldiers into a pointless fight for a bombed-out wasteland.
U.S. officials said a Russian victory in Soledar, or even in Bakhmut, a city ten times larger where the Russians have so far been repelled, would mean little for the overall trajectory of the war.
“Even if both Bakhmut and Soledar fall to the Russians, it’s not going to have a strategic impact on the war itself,” U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House, “and it certainly isn’t going to stop the Ukrainians or slow them down.”
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