The commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF), General Alexander Syrsky, has ordered a strengthening of the defense on the eastern section of the front in the DPR, which is under Kyiv’s control. This order was made after the loss of the city of Ugledar, Reuters reports.
Syrsky specified that he was working in “one of the hottest sections of the front” as part of the 25th Sicheslav Airborne Brigade. According to him, it operates in the Pokrovsky direction.
Earlier, military correspondent Alexander Kots published comments from Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters who abandoned their positions in Ugledar. The soldiers said that their brigades had been “erased to zero” and that the reinforcements they were sent were poorly trained.
Before this, The Independent, citing servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, wrote that the Ukrainian Armed Forces left Vuhledar in order to conserve forces for subsequent battles . Journalists suggested that control over this territory would facilitate the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces deep into the Ukrainian defense and help the Russian troops attack Pokrovsk.