Ukraine’s army has pulled out from the village of Urozhaine in the eastern Donetsk region, an official said Thursday, surrendering another front-line position as Russian forces blast Ukrainian defenses in a relentless onslaught.
The village was reduced to rubble which “made it impossible to hold the positions there,” Nazar Voloshyn, a spokesperson for local ground forces, told The Associated Press in a written message. He did not say when the pullout occurred.
Russia seized Urozhaine in the early days of the war that began after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022. Ukrainian troops recaptured it almost a year ago. Russia’s Defense Ministry had claimed its army retook the village several days ago.
Ukrainian firepower has improved since U.S. lawmakers approved a much-needed military aid package this spring, but it is not yet arriving quickly enough to stop the Russian push, especially in Donetsk.
People really need to look up the battle of Bunker Hill for a fitting allegory. Every time Russia needs to “take” a location by reducing it to a strategically irrelevant ruin they’re exhausting their resources, personnel, and giving the People of Ukraine another reason to resist. This is not what winning a conflict of this sort looks like.
Ukraine trades territory for time. And as Russians move forward they stretch their supply lines.
It’s more than that. Ukraine is leaving because the area is indefensible. How is Russia going to defend that? There’s a reason why “no-man’s-land” exists. You can’t exist there.
Indefensible and worthless. Barren land is often easier to build in than destroyed infrastructure. It’s not great for Ukraine, but having Russia use resources to get something of little or no value is of strategic value for Ukraine. Far better than giving them intact infrastructure.
If you are Russia you just want land.
Steal as much land as you can. Then get Europe and Trump to push for peace at current borders.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The village was reduced to rubble which “made it impossible to hold the positions there,” Nazar Voloshyn, a spokesperson for local ground forces, told The Associated Press in a written message.
Russia has deployed devastating firepower as it pursues a summer offensive that has reduced towns and villages to ruins, denying Ukrainians defensive cover.
Despite valiant defending, analysts say, Ukrainian forces are being pushed back in some places along the front line by the bigger and better equipped Kremlin army.
Ukrainian firepower has improved since U.S. lawmakers approved a much-needed military aid package this spring, but it is not yet arriving quickly enough to stop the Russian push, especially in Donetsk.
Ukrainian sea drones attacked the Russian coast guard base at Lake Donuzlav in occupied Crimea late Wednesday, a Kyiv security official told AP.
The attack damaged a Russian command post, an ammunition and equipment depot, and some military positions, the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to divulge the information publicly.
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