Russian invaders are trying to seize Vuhledar to destroy the logistics of the Ukrainian military. The deputy mayor Maxim Verbovsky is convinced of this, as he stated on the air of the Espresso TV channel.

“In my opinion, the Russians are concentrating powerful forces in the Ugledar region, since the city is a large-scale logistics point. It is also important for the Russians to seize Vuhledar so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot strike at the occupied city of Volnovakha. And most importantly, they are trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses and reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” Verbovsky said..

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Earlier, a representative of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Serhiy Cherevaty, said that Russian troops in the Ugledar region of the Donetsk region are concentrating forces and inflicting massive strikes on our defenses, but the Ukrainian military is stopping the assaults of the occupiers.

As The New York Times wrote, Russia has been trying for the second week to capture Vuhledar, located at the junction of the eastern front in the Donetsk region and the southern front in the Zaporozhye region.. Near Ugledar is the only railway line connecting Donbass and Crimea: the capture of the city made it easier for Moscow to transfer troops between the southern and eastern fronts of the war.