Ministry of Defense: the Russian army broke through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ugledar, taking the city in pincers
The reason for the breakthrough of the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Vugledar was the outflanking maneuver of the Vostok group of troops, which made it possible to take the city in a pincer movement from the flanks. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense, reports RIA Novosti.
“The key to the Ukrainian defense of Vugledar turned out to be an outflanking maneuver by units of the Vostok group of forces, which, with attacks from the flanks, managed to take the fortress city in a pincer movement. In the liberated city, our attack aircraft received considerable trophies,” the department said.
It is alleged that the Ukrainian Armed Forces resisted to the last, but “in the face of inevitable encirclement” they left Ugledar, and more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered. It is noted that the Russian military was able to obtain weapons and ammunition produced by NATO countries abandoned by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Vugledar.
Earlier, press officer of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Arseniy Prilipka, said that the Russian army received a serious advantage after the capture of Vugledar. According to him, the Russian army took Ugledar due to “complete superiority” over the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including in artillery, drones and electronic warfare (EW) equipment.
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