Russian troops captured Ugledar after 2.5 years of attempts
Russian troops have taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Ugledar, a strategic point of the Ukrainian military in the Donetsk region. Ugledar has withstood intense Russian attacks since the start of the war in 2022 and has been fighting all attempts to take over for 2.5 years.
On October 1, a video of Russian servicemen waving the Russian flag over destroyed buildings was published on Russian Telegram channels. The city, where more than 14,000 people lived before the war, was completely destroyed - Ukraine evacuated all its inhabitants.
According to the newspaper "Moskovskiy komsomole ts ", Ugledar belongs to the Ukrainian troops The 72nd Mechanized Brigade took over after leaving the city on Tuesday evening.
The SHOT Telegram channel and pro-Russian military bloggers have confirmed that Ugledar is fully under Russian control, although there has been no official notification from the Russian Ministry of Defense. On October 1, the representative of the Ukrainian government in the region confirmed that Russian troops had arrived in the center of Ugledar.
Controlling Ugledar, located at the junction of the eastern and southern fronts , is strategically important and will facilitate Russian advances trying to penetrate deeper into Ukrainian defenses. Because Ugledar is located near the railway line connecting Crimea with Donbass. The next target of the Russian military is Pokrovsk, located 80 km from Ugledar.
President Vladimir Putin said in July that Russia's main tactical goal is to control the entire Donbass region in southeastern Ukraine. Currently, Moscow controls a little less than a fifth of Ukraine's territory, including 80 percent of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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Russian troops are on the verge of capturing the town of Ugledar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine after nearly two years of attempts and heavy losses. The Ukrainian garrison defending this strategically important city is tired and in need of support.
