The city is located at an altitude and consists of multistory buildings. The surrounding area [of almost exclusively bare steppe] is visible from it for many kilometers,
Russian troops are already advancing on it from the south, and may soon increase pressure from the east,
They are continually striking, controlling, and complicating logistics, so a decision is made right on the battlefield,
The enemy pressed from the flanks, complicating logistics significantly, ... This is war. It is impossible to have no losses."
Therefore, it is very correct that they leave and can save themselves. For the sake of the state, for the sake of its heroic service,
These are our people, citizens of Ukraine, so it is right that they withdraw and can preserve themselves. These are absolutely correct steps,
The time of thoughtless meat assaults seems to be over,
Ukraine has real manpower and material problems, but Putin has real force regeneration problems too,
Little by little, the Russians are pushing us out of the Donetsk region. So later Putin can say that the goals of the war have been achieved. In the process, the Russians are trying to convert local successes on the battlefield into tools for undermining sentiments in the middle of Ukraine and abroad,
Everything will be Russia. Victory will be ours,
The humanitarian situation in Vugledar is extremely difficult,
It is unclear if Russian forces will make rapid gains beyond Vugledar in the immediate future,
These are very hard days. Very!”
In an attempt to take control of the city at any cost, (Russian) reserves were directed to carry out flanking attacks, which exhausted the defense of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the enemy’s actions, there arose a threat of encircling the city,
The higher command authorized a manoeuvre to withdraw units from Vuhledar in order to save personnel and military equipment and take up a position for further operations,
The enemy is already nearly in the centre of the city,
In extremely difficult conditions of the full-scale war under constant Russian strikes, Ukrainians were able to build a virtually new defense industry,
Political mutual trust between the two sides has continued to deepen, practical cooperation has achieved remarkable results,