Unfortunately every time the Ukrainian army has to withdraw from a city, it becomes very hard to liberate it. Russians turn the buildings into rubble and turn the fields into minefields. The counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia showed how hard taking back land is. I can’t imagine what it would take to take back Vuhledar, Avdiivka, Marinka, Bakhmut, Lysychansk, Sievierodonetsk, Rubizhne, and Popasna.
The West should send more military aid to Ukraine to prevent more cities from falling. It is tragic being in the most powerful alliance in the world and watching Russia taking over cities and being unable to stop it.
wombat6168 on
Ukraine pulls troops back to save lives , ruzzia has done what it always does , throw meat to the grinder with no 2nd thought and totally destroys the town they tried to take until there is nothing left to defend.
IIlIlIlIIIlIlIlII on
Very bad news. This unfortunately indicates the Russians still have a massive fire- and manpower advantage on the frontline. The fact that it’s still true after almost 1000 days of war is a massive failure of Ukraine and its allies.
Vuhledar held on for a long time. I hope the army at least learned their lesson from Avdiivka and built a strong line of defenses to fall back to.
Sweet_Lane on
The fight for Vuhledar continued for 25 months, there are several russian brigades rotting in the fields with all their equipment around the city. 72th ‘Black Zaporozhyan’ brigade are absolute damn heroes, as well as others involved in the fight for Vuhledar.
JulienBrightside on
The area is very flat.
DataGeek101 on
I’d say this is horrible news but it’s better than thousands of Ukraine troops dying trying to defend it further. Yes it will be extremely difficult to win back, but they will, and on their terms.
ruZZia paid dearly for that plot of land, hopefully it’s a price they couldn’t afford.
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Unfortunately every time the Ukrainian army has to withdraw from a city, it becomes very hard to liberate it. Russians turn the buildings into rubble and turn the fields into minefields. The counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia showed how hard taking back land is. I can’t imagine what it would take to take back Vuhledar, Avdiivka, Marinka, Bakhmut, Lysychansk, Sievierodonetsk, Rubizhne, and Popasna.
The West should send more military aid to Ukraine to prevent more cities from falling. It is tragic being in the most powerful alliance in the world and watching Russia taking over cities and being unable to stop it.
Ukraine pulls troops back to save lives , ruzzia has done what it always does , throw meat to the grinder with no 2nd thought and totally destroys the town they tried to take until there is nothing left to defend.
Very bad news. This unfortunately indicates the Russians still have a massive fire- and manpower advantage on the frontline. The fact that it’s still true after almost 1000 days of war is a massive failure of Ukraine and its allies.
Vuhledar held on for a long time. I hope the army at least learned their lesson from Avdiivka and built a strong line of defenses to fall back to.
The fight for Vuhledar continued for 25 months, there are several russian brigades rotting in the fields with all their equipment around the city. 72th ‘Black Zaporozhyan’ brigade are absolute damn heroes, as well as others involved in the fight for Vuhledar.
The area is very flat.
I’d say this is horrible news but it’s better than thousands of Ukraine troops dying trying to defend it further. Yes it will be extremely difficult to win back, but they will, and on their terms.
ruZZia paid dearly for that plot of land, hopefully it’s a price they couldn’t afford.