Russian flag raised over Ugledar administration building

The Russian flag has been raised on the Ugledar administration building, but it is too early to talk about the capture of the city. This was stated in an interview with RIA Novosti by the adviser to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Yan Gagin.

According to Gagin, scattered units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) remain in the city, the “cleaning up” is ongoing, and this will take some time.

Ukraine’s General Staff admitted a tense frontline situation for Ukrainian troops amid reports of the loss of Ugledar in the Donbass region.

“The situation at the frontline remains tense”
–Ukraine’s General Staff said.

The British newspaper Telegraph wrote that “Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers could be trapped in a besieged town as Russian forces complete their encirclement and close in.”

“The situation in Vuhledar is, to put it mildly, difficult,” one of the Ukrainian soldier told. “The attack is now coming from three sides.”

wounded Ukrainian soldier — A Ukrainian soldier helps a wounded fellow soldier on the road in the freed territory in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Ukrainian troops retook a wide swath of territory from Russia on Monday, pushing all the way back to the northeastern border in some places, and claimed to have captured many Russian soldiers as part of a lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat. [PHOTO by Kostiantyn Liberov /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

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