Russian forces have cut off supply lines to soldiers trapped in Dmitrov, the outlet reports<\/p>\n
Five Ukrainian brigades are virtually encircled in the town of Dmitrov (known as Mirnograd in Ukraine) after Russian forces captured the nearby city of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), a Ukrainian soldier on the ground told the German outlet Bild.
\nThe Russian Army has effectively cut off all supply routes to the 1,000 Ukrainian troops trapped in the city, Bild reported on Tuesday, citing the soldier.
\n\u201cTo be honest, the situation is critical,\u201d the Ukrainian serviceman said, adding that his group is only being supplied through drone deliveries. He added that Russian soldiers have taken control of \u201calmost every single building\u201d between Dmitrov and the parts of Donbass still controlled by the Ukrainian military.
\nThe soldier criticized the actions of his commanders, which he said deployed \u201cmany units\u201d to the area but still failed to retain control over supply routes leading to Dmitrov.<\/p>\n
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Kiev was trying to regain control over Krasnoarmeysk to relieve Dmitrov \u201cat any cost\u201d by sending newly formed and inexperienced units virtually to their deaths.
\nThe Krasnoarmeysk-Dmitrov agglomeration along with several smaller towns and settlements forms the second-largest urban cluster still under partial Ukrainian control in Donbass. It has been an arena of intense fighting over the past months that culminated in Russian troops taking control over Krasnoarmeysk on Monday. The Russian Defense Ministry has since published a video of Russian soldiers clearing buildings in the city.
\nUkraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky has denied the encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the area and accused Moscow of exaggerating its gains. He also downplayed battlefield losses while appealing to Kiev\u2019s Western backers for more aid.
\nIn October, Putin said that over 10,000 Ukrainian troops were surrounded in the Krasnoarmeysk-Dmitrov area, as well as the city of Kupyansk in Ukraine\u2019s Kharkov Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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