US EditionUkrainian troops withdraw from eastern town of Siversk
Ukrainian forces withdrew from Siversk to protect soldiers and maintain unit effectiveness amid heavier Russian manpower and equipment advantages, Kyiv said.
- On Dec 23, Kyiv's General Staff said Ukrainian forces withdrew from Siversk, Donetsk region, as Russian troops mounted an offensive threatening key eastern cities.
- Kyiv's General Staff said the pullback was to preserve lives and combat capability because Russia had a significant manpower and equipment advantage plus difficult weather conditions.
- Russia said earlier this month it had captured Siversk, a claim Kyiv denied while Deep State documented gradual Russian gains and Kyiv's General Staff said fighting continues around the town.
- With Siversk vacated, Russian forces are nearer Sloviansk, about 30 km away, and U.S. diplomatic pressure on Ukraine to negotiate over the Donetsk region rises.
- Amid a slow, grinding Russian advance through Donetsk, the withdrawal fits the nearly four-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and follows President Vladimir Putin's threat last week.
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The Ukrainian army announced on Tuesday 23 December that it had withdrawn from the city of Siversk, in eastern Ukraine, in front of the assaults of Russian troops. Moscow had claimed the capture of this locality on Thursday 11 December.
Moscow had claimed less than two weeks ago the capture of the city. It was one of the last locks preventing the Russian forces from approaching the large regional cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, still under Ukraine's control.
The Ukrainian army announced that it had abandoned the city of Siversk in front of the pressure of Russian troops. "Moscova has a significant advantage"
Ukrainian defense forces have withdrawn from the city of Siversk in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian General Staff announced on Tuesday, saying the goal is to “preserve lives and maintain the combat capability of units.” Fighting in the area continues.
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