Ukrainians Successfully Withdraw From Uspenivka Pocket, Avoid Encirclement

Ukrainian forces withdrew from the Uspenivka pocket in Donetsk, avoiding encirclement and took over more strategically situated pre-prepared defensive positions. 

The troops' goal, which they achieved, was to force the Russians to commit as many forces as possible, subjecting them to further attrition, before retreating as planned. JL

New Voice of Ukraine reports:

Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi ordered the timely withdrawal of Ukrainian troops to avoid encirclement near the settlements of Uspenivka and Trudove in Donetsk Oblast (aka the Uspenivka Pocket), and they are now continuing their tasks on the Kurakhove-Konstantinopolske frontline. This follows an earlier (erroneous) report that some Ukrainian soldiers were unable to break out of the encirclement after the enemy seized the settlements of Trudove and Uspenivka, occupying the last piece of the so-called Uspenivka pocket.

Reports that some Ukrainian units are in an operational encirclement near the settlements of Uspenivka and Trudove in Donetsk Oblast is not true, the Khortytsia Operational-Strategic Group of Forces said in its Dec. 20 statement on Telegram.  

Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi ordered the timely withdrawal of Ukrainian troops to avoid encirclement, and they are now continuing their tasks on the Kurakhove-Konstantinopolske frontline.

Photo: DeepState

This follows an earlier DeepState report that some Ukrainian soldiers were unable to break out of the encirclement after the enemy seized the settlements of Trudove and Uspenivka, occupying the last piece of the so-called Uspenivka pocket.

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