Routed Ukrainian soldiers and panicked civilians were nearly impossible to find just west of the battleground town of Soledar on Sunday. Nevertheless, Russian state media claimed that the town’s capture had delivered the Kremlin a decisive victory and ripped a gaping hole in Ukrainian defenses. Kyiv Post reporters travelled through a chain of villages near Soledar, … Continue reading Near the Soledar Front Line, Village Life Goes on and Soldiers Are Upbeat . Several soldiers laughed out loud when told that, according to Russian state media, their unit had retreated in panic.