Footage of the strike was shared on Telegram on Friday

This is the moment the Ukrainian forces allegedly took out some 25 Russian soldiers in the battle for Soledar.

Ukraine has claimed it decimated an entire enemy military unit in the salt mining town with a single Himars – a missile launcher mounted on a five-tonne truck.

Footage shared on Telegram shows troops claimed to be from the Wagner Group walking past rail tracks to find cover at a large building.

Moments later, the entire building can be seen blown up in pieces by the missile.

Smoke billowed into the air afterwards as a fire raged at the site where seconds earlier enemy soldiers were seeking shelter.

The video was shared by Ukrainian @bayraktar_1love account, which monitors the frontline, on Friday.

‘Tracking of a Russian military unit and subsequent HIMARS/M270 strike at their location, eastern front,’ the post read.

Smoke billows during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Soledar, Donetsk region, on Wednesday (Picture: AP)

People in military uniform, claimed to be soldiers of mercenary group Wagner and its head Yevgeny Prigozhin, pose for a picture believed to be in a salt mine in the town (Picture: Reuters)

Soledar, in eastern Ukraine, has become the centre of some of the fiercest fighting in recent weeks.

The Kremlin claims to have captured the town – already disputed by the Ukrainian government – but holding it maybe another matter.

Donetsk governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said on Thursday the situation was ‘difficult’ and that Russian troops were advancing from various directions.

He stressed that the enemy had sustained a large number of casualties, including members of the Wagner mercenary group.

‘Soledar remains under control of our military, though there is street fighting and also fighting outside of the city because the enemy is trying to advance in several directions. The enemy is incurring huge losses,’ he said in a video on Telegram.

A video from yesterday morning shows a Ukrainian flag rising over the western part of Soledar.

This comes after Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner’s founder, boasted yesterday of his forces’ victory in the town.

He is likely seeks to use the victory as a bargaining tool to elevate his authority in Russia.

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The battle for Soledar became a point of contention between the private military group and the Russian Ministry of Defence over who should get the credit.

Military experts have said Soledar itself is of little strategic importance for Russia.

But the town has gained political significance as part of the objective to capture the entire Donetsk region.

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The soldiers are claimed to be from the Wagner Group.