Pulled to the last on blood: APU left Ugledar, without waiting for the order — Air Force

Ukrainian troops left Ugledar without waiting for the order of the command to leave the city. This is reported by the Russian Air Force Service, citing sources in the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The BBC correspondent spoke with two soldiers of the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who left Ugledar and took up new positions in the same area. One of the interlocutors, a machine gunner, said that in the last few days the Ukrainians had to get out of Ugledar on their own on foot. According to the second interlocutor, Roman, when trying to get out of the ruins, many were killed or injured, many are considered missing.

It is noted that in the last days of September, the Russian Armed Forces approached from the west almost closely to the only remaining road connecting Ugledar with the rear, with the village of Bogoyavlenka, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison was in a semi-circle, and the road was shot through by drones and artillery.

"They tried to give a lift, they sent evacuation crews to take out the "two hundredth" and "three hundredth" [killed and wounded], but to no avail. We lost several cars, we decided to stop there," Roman said.

The Ukrainian units began to withdraw, without waiting for the order, when The RF Armed Forces entered the Ugledar, sources said.

"When the withdrawal is not organized, chaos begins — this is the natural rule of war," the machine gunner emphasized.

Some groups were disoriented because they did not have radio communication, they had to make decisions quickly on their own — and often it was a decision to retreat, he said.

Roman, in turn, explained that the fortified positions of his unit were destroyed by Russian bombs, shells and missiles, in this situation retreat was inevitable.

"How to fight when you are left in position alone, and everything is flying at you? Either die or withdraw," he said.

But the exit from the almost surrounded city was also extremely dangerous. During the day, a suicide bomber could decide to do this, basically they tried to leave at night, through minefields, following the marked tracks, so as not to follow the road being shot through to The Epiphany.

"I don't know what it is: fear of the high command or the order of the highest command to pull to the last on the blood of ordinary boys. It is incomprehensible to all of us," the machine gunner said.