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Russian Armed Forces Broke Ukrainian Defense in Ugledar, Pincering City, MoD Reports

09:41, 5 October 2024
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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of Ugledar, claiming Ukrainian forces suffered significant losses in Battlegroup Vostok's sector, including up to 890 personnel and two tanks, over the past week.
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The Russian army managed to break Ukrainian defenses in Ugledar, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
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It was done by carrying out a pincer movement with attacks from the flanks, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
"The key to the Ukrainian defense of Ugledar was the flanking maneuver of units of the Vostok group of forces, which managed to take the fortress city in a pincer movement with attacks from the flanks," the ministry specified.
The ministry reported the liberation of Ugledar in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on October 3.
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