By the end of Monday night, January 9, there were already reports from Ukraine that the city of Soledar near Bakhmut was “completely destroyed.” Volodymyr Zelenskyy went even further in his evening message, declaring: “There are almost no whole walls left.” This Tuesday, the 321st day of the war in Ukraine, the battle continues in Soledar.

The British Ministry of Defense believes that Russian military forces already control most of the city in an attack that could be aimed at disrupting Ukrainian communications.

Here are the main events of the morning of the 321st day of the war in Ukraine:

What happened in the afternoon and early evening?