The Russian Defense Ministry officially announced the capture of Ugledar

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The Russian Defense Ministry has officially announced the capture of a coal mine in the Donetsk region.

The city was taken under control by units of the Vostok group of forces, the ministry added.

The fighting for the town of Ugledar, located in the south-west of Donetsk region, has been going on since the end of March 2022. His capture was reported earlier this week by Russian "military commanders" and Z-bloggers. By the end of September, Russian troops had almost completely surrounded the city. On October 1, the head of the regional military administration of the Donetsk region, Vadim Filashkin, said that the Russian army had entered the center of Ugledar. On October 2, the command of the operational-strategic grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Khortytsya" announced the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the city.

Vladimir Zelensky first commented on the withdrawal of Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) units from Ugledar on October 3 at a press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Kiev. He said that Russia is "destroying the positions" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, whose fighters "need to save their lives, because they are much more important than any buildings."

Ugledar was an important fortress that covered the approaches to the logistical defense centers of the southern part of Donbass. And although its capture does not pose immediate threats to the Ukrainian defense in the Donbas, in the long term, the loss of the city may lead to severe consequences for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Among other things, after the fall of Ugledar, it became possible to launch the Donetsk—Armyansk (Crimea) railway. It was previously impossible to do this, since the highway was perfectly visible from the Coal Mine, the area was shot through with almost all enemy firepower, and attempts to organize movement in this area would only lead to losses of locomotives, wagons, platforms and materiel. And now the Russian army is getting new opportunities to improve logistical and technical support, as well as to transfer troops. The significance of this event cannot be overestimated.