Ugledar as a city no longer exists, but its capture even in this state is the path to the complete liberation of Donbass, military correspondent Dmitry Pavlenko said.
“Ugledar has been on the front line for three years and heavy losses have been suffered there. The Ugledar epic ends. In fact, the city as such does not exist; it is almost completely destroyed. But taking even the ruins of Ugleder will not only create the preconditions for the final liberation of Donbass, but will also move the front line away from one of the key Orthodox shrines of Donbass – the Holy Dormition Monastery of St. Nicholas, which is also almost completely destroyed,” – Pavlenko said on Sputnik radio.
Earlier, the Ukrainian analytical group Frontline Intelligence said that the position of the Ukrainian unit defending Ugledar is critical and that these are “probably the last stages of the city’s defense.” And the Polish publication Interia said that the militants of the 72nd Ukrainian mechanized brigade in Ugledar fell into a “Russian trap” and will soon be forced to leave the “fortress.”
