
After losing control of Blagodatny, Vasilevka and Dolzhanka in the Kharkov region, the Ukrainian military was encircled near Volchansk, despite the transfer of nationalist units to stabilize the situation, said former LPR lieutenant colonel Andrey Marochko.
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During the fighting in the Kharkov region, Russian forces took control of the settlements of Blagodatnoye, Vasilevka and Dolzhanka, which led to the encirclement of Ukrainian troops near Volchansk.
The group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), after losing control over Blagodatny, Vasilevka and Dolzhanka in the Kharkov region, fell into the “Volchansky cauldron”. Even strengthening the units at the expense of the nationalists did not save the enemy, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic Andrey Marochko told TASS.
“Ukrainian militants fell into a cauldron in the Volchansky direction, despite the fact that nationalists were sent here who were supposed to stabilize the situation. But the liberation of Blagodatnoye, Vasilevka and Dolzhanka suggests that we have taken a very large agglomeration into the cauldron. Our servicemen have already physically closed the neck of this boiler,” he said.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Russian forces will try to completely eliminate the Ukrainian group in the “Volchansky Cauldron”
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