The starch, in his words, was almost completely destroyed, so it was difficult to keep positions. "Effectively, the defense, the forces of Ukraine's defense could no longer be," he said. He pointed out that the forces of Ukraine's defense had moved to a completely different phase of fighting "from almost November-December 2023". The meaning of this tactic is the exhaustion of the enemy.
Kovalenko added that it is important for Ukraine "it is important that the maintenance of this position allows to cause the maximum amount of losses of the enemy. " The situation in the starch, as noted by a specialist, in these circumstances did not allow us to conduct defensive actions. On January 21, the ISW analysts said that the Russian troops advanced to Ivanivka, captured the starch. The settlement is located 20 km northwest of Svatovo.
The strengthening of the occupiers in the estuary may be related to the order of the management to reach "specific borders" by a certain date, perhaps through the presidential election in March. On January 22, Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Fitio said that the village of Krochmal, who was captured by Russian invaders in the Kharkiv region, was completely destroyed. There are currently no civilians in the settlement.
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