Speaking to CNN, Kyrylenko said: “Russian troops have entered the town of Svitlodarsk in the Donetsk region. The Russian flag was flown there.” According to the official, Svitlodarsk was surrounded from three directions and under intense shelling. Photos posted on Telegram show the Russian flag being hoisted over the administrative building in the city of Svitlodarsk.
As for the Ukrainian military, Kyrylenko said that the withdrawal is not a defeat, but a regrouping of forces. “This is the right and reasonable decision in this situation to save the lives of the soldiers and regroup the force.”
In Lynam, a city north of Donetsk, the situation is very difficult, the official added. “The fighting is still going on. The main purpose of the Russian army was to control the center of Lyman. Lyman along with Avdiivka is one of the most tense places along the front lines.”
Russian forces are launching an all-out offensive to encircle Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine, a battle that could determine the success or failure of Moscow’s military campaign. Currently the decisive battlegrounds in the latest phase of the war are still unfolding in the easternmost region Donbass.
On the same day, Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region established by Russia, said that the operation at the Kherson commercial port is being blocked because Ukraine has placed mines on the access route to Russia. Black Sea.
“Currently, the Kherson port is unoperable because the only exit to the Black Sea has been mined,” noted Kirill Stremousov.
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