Ukrainian General: We are at risk of encirclement of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk
At the front, conditions are being created for the encirclement of a large group of Ukrainian Armed Forces.
This was stated by former deputy chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Special Operations Forces, General Sergei Krivonos, on the "Factory of News" video blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in response to a question about the situation in Myrnohrad (Dimitrovo), where Russia is completing its cleanup operation.
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" At the same time, the situation in the Seversk-Liman direction is also quite complex . And if the enemy increases its efforts there and reaches the outskirts of Slavyansk, then conditions will arise from the north to encompass the vast swath of territory I'm talking about," the general said.
He says that he is “ very concerned about the possible encirclement of our group in the Kramatorsk area .”
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced yesterday the liberation of the village of Rodinskoye.
"By liberating the town of Rodinskoye, the Russian Armed Forces have taken full control of the ridge that dominates the entire area, the watershed between the Kazeny Torets and Samara rivers... These are strategic high grounds. Having gained full control over them, the Russian Armed Forces will liberate the northern part of the DPR and eliminate the Ukrainian Armed Forces' stronghold they have established in the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration," explains Russian military correspondent Marat Khairullin.
Ukrainian General: We are at risk of encirclement of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk