Soledar is a destroyed city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Situated in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the city was formerly highly important for its salt mining industry, from which its name Soledar is derived. The last estimate of its population before its destruction was 10,490, in 2022.
A ruined building in Soledar in September 2022
Destroyed houses in Soledar
A package of Artemsil salt
Tourists at the salt mine entrance
The Donbas or Donbass is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are occupied by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Bronze Age spread of Yamnaya Steppe pastoralist ancestry
A Soviet Russian propaganda poster from 1921 that says "The Donbas is the heart of Russia"
A monument to Don Cossacks in Luhansk. "To the sons of glory and freedom".
Ukrainian troops in the Donbas, March 2015