The withdrawal of the Ukrainian army from another area in Donbass

report Mehr News Agency quoted Rashatodi, the website of the local network Strana, citing the Ukrainian army, reported that the Ukrainian soldiers occupied the town of Lastuchkino, a few kilometers west of the strategic city of Avdiyka, which was recently captured by Russian forces. , they left.

This website, quoting a Ukrainian volunteer who is fighting against the Russian army with the neo-Nazi “Aidar” battalion, announced that the Ukrainian army units to “prevent the blocking of the routes own logistics” and “personnel rescue” were forced to withdraw from the area.

At the same time, several Russian Telegram channels claimed that Russian troops had entered Lastuchkino and published unconfirmed images and a video of soldiers waving the Russian flag in the middle of the destroyed town. They did.

So far neither the Ministry of Defense of Russia nor Ukraine have confirmed these reports. However, officials in Moscow said on Saturday that the Russian army “continued to seize more advantageous positions …” in the Avdiyoka sector, while repelling Ukrainian counterattacks.

Moscow last weekend announced the capture of the strategic city of Avdiyka, which has become the frontline of the Abud war since 2014. The Russian army claimed that Ukraine’s withdrawal from this area was accompanied by heavy losses and casualties. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the decision to withdraw from this city “completely logical” and emphasized that it is necessary to prevent heavier casualties.