The Ukrainian side notes that the situation in the region Wuhledaru in the Donetsk region is very serious and not to the advantage of Kiev.
He spoke about the realities on that section of the front. former spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces Ukrainy Vladislav Selezniov. Military expert stated that “the situation is critical”.
War in Ukraine. Russians are going to Vuhledar
– Currently, there is no way to solve this crisis. Firstly, in this area of the front there is a complete advantage of enemy forces and means. At least in some positions the enemy's resources are eight times bigger than ours. Secondly, it is a fact that the Russians have already entered Vuhledar from the south-east side – said Vladislav Seleznev.
As he emphasized, the direction from which the Russian soldiers entered was “a grey zone that is currently being searched by Russian reconnaissance groups and special forces”. – However, the key factor that influences the situation in this particular area is total enemy superiority in the airspace – noted the military expert.
Seleznev also pointed out that currently the priority issue for the Ukrainian military is to consider what is more important – the recovery of a square kilometer of land or the lives of their soldiers. The former spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that “in the near future we will see maneuver defense by Ukraine”.
Wuhledar. Ukrainians are starting to retreat
According to the military expert, the factor that largely influences the intensity of the fighting in the vicinity of Wuhledar is the resources, which – as he assessed – the Russians have no shortage of. – We have a lot of problems with this. So I think that the situation is not only in the Wuhłęder area. I would also like to draw attention to the situation in the area of the cities of Toretsk and Selydov. There is every reason to believe that the situation there has a tendency to escalate, Vladimir Seleznyov noted.
We reported on the situation of Ukrainian soldiers in Vuhledar in inside on Wednesday. Forbes magazine military analyst David Axe estimated that the first signs of Ukrainians' withdrawal are already visible“It seems that when Russian troops began to threaten the city's flanks last week, a 2,000-strong group of soldiers from the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, armed with T0-65 tanks, MBP- and M-109 combat vehicles, began to slowly retreat to more protected positions” – wrote the analyst.
Ruslan Mykula, co-creator of the DeepState Map project, also shares a similar opinion. As he emphasized, the further loss of the city by the Ukrainian side is only a matter of time. Mykula added that how long Vuhledar will hold out depends, among other things, on how the Ukrainian defense will cope and on how quickly the Russians will press the flanks, which “they are already a weak point in Ukraine”.
Moreover, the co-creator of DeepState Map pointed out that if the Ukrainian army is forced to withdraw from its positions in Vuhledar, the occupiers will be able to break through towards the city of Kurachowe and surround them from the south. – Wuhledar is very important. For us it looked like a bridgehead towards Mariupol. Of course, with the fall of the city, the Russians will start moving towards Kurakhov from the south – added Mykula.
Sources: Unian, Suspilne
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