{"id":296066,"date":"2024-10-04T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296066"},"modified":"2024-10-05T07:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T07:22:30","slug":"russia-confirms-liberation-of-key-donbass-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296066","title":{"rendered":"Russia confirms liberation of key Donbass town"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russian forces have completely liberated the town of Ugledar in the Donetsk People\u2019s Republic (DPR), the Defense Ministry in Moscow has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian forces had controlled the settlement since 2014, when the DPR declared independence following a US-backed coup in Kiev. Ugledar was a strategically important position, featuring high-rise buildings overlooking the surrounding plain.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of conclusive operations by the units of the \u2018East\u2019 group of forces, the town of Ugledar in the DPR has been liberated,\u201d<\/em> the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Video footage and images of Russian troops in control of Ugledar appeared on social media on Wednesday, showing a flag raised over its administration building. Later in the day, the Ukrainian high command said it had ordered \u201ca maneuver of withdrawal\u201d<\/em> from the town. It was unclear whether any units had actually been able to leave the operational encirclement.<\/p>\n

According to a security source who spoke to TASS news agency, Russian forces had almost completed \u201cmopped up\u201d<\/em> the Ukrainian resistance as of Wednesday afternoon. Some of Kiev\u2019s units had suffered \u201chuge losses\u201d<\/em> after not being able to leave, the source added.<\/p>\n

The 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was stationed in Ugledar, had reportedly sought permission to retreat last week, as Russian troops cut off their supply lines and placed the town under siege. According to multiple Russian military correspondents, their requests were denied because losing Ugledar would look bad while Vladimir Zelensky was visiting the US.<\/p>\n

Russian forces had tried to take Ugledar on several occasions in the past. The most promising attack saw them capture the adjacent cottage district, but ultimately failed because of Ukrainian artillery support located in Kurakhovo to the north. In recent weeks, however, Russian advances collapsed the Ukrainian front north of Kurakhovo and threatened that town as well.<\/p>\n

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Russian forces continue their steady advance west taking Ugledar, which Ukraine seized in 2014. The Ukrainian brigade deployed in the heavily fortified town had requested permission to withdraw last week but were denied as it was thought it would look bad while Zelensky was visiting the US<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296069,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296066\/revisions\/296069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}