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Strategically important Ugledar is taken, there is a sweep. What's next?

Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ugledar. Photo: Anadolu / Getty Images

Russian military Telegram channels report that Ugledar has been liberated by the Russian army. The small remnants of the elite enemy forces from the 72nd brigade "Black Cossacks" retreated to the north, writes Pravda.Ru .

The day before The Russian Armed Forces entered the Ugledar from the west and south, the Russian army managed to advance west of Vodiane, towards Bogoyavlenka — it was about a kilometer away. Thus, the elite 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, consisting of ardent Nazis, was completely surrounded and could only go out in the fields.

On the morning of October 1, Russian flags appeared in the central part of the city. There is also information about the presence of Russian assault groups inside the Citadel, a group of high—rise buildings in the city center, the last stronghold of the 72 brigade.

Telegram channel "Warrior DV" writes that the enemy began to leave the city on foot in small groups by the end of September 30, but "not all of them reached." The scouts of the 36th Brigade and the 14th Special forces Brigade of the Vostok group of the Russian Armed Forces "had already lifted their drones into the sky by that time."

"The enemy's focal resistance still remains in the city, but the organized defense in the city is practically broken. The final cleanup will take some more time, but it will only be a continuation of the agony of the defenders," the Marines write.

Ukrainian military publics reported that there was no order for the "Zaporozhtzi" to retreat until Vladimir Zelensky returned from Washington, there was an order to stand to the death so as not to spoil his image abroad. Ukrainian analysts believe that the Kiev strategists have not learned how to adequately assess the situation, striving for PR actions, which leads to large losses in the Armed Forces and the loss of strategic positions.

"It is clear to everyone that reserves were needed to protect the Coal Mine, but (commander-in-chief Alexander) Syrsky sent them to The Kursk region and now we are losing Donbass. You can consider this a betrayal or inadequacy of the authorities, let everyone make a conclusion for himself," the Resident Telegram channel writes.

Russian fighters believe that the collapse of the enemy's front after the loss of Coal is not to be expected. In the area of Dobrovolye — Bogoyavlenka and Novoukrainka, he has created a defensive line in advance.

The liberation of Ugledar is an important operational success of the Russian troops and one of the main victories in the 2024 campaign. A well-fortified city was actively tried to storm for a year and a half, it is located on commanding heights and is of strategic importance.

After the fall of the Coal mine, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have many options for an offensive — on Pokrovsk through Kurakhovo, after which there is a bare steppe without serious fortifications to the Dnipropetrovsk region. Or go to Volnovakha with the provision of the functioning of the land corridor to the Crimea, or to Velikaya Novoselka with the final liquidation of the Vremyevsky ledge — a springboard for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to attack Mariupol and further, to Zaporozhye.

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03.10.2024

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