L’avanzata russa nel Donbass è inarrestabile, villaggio dopo villaggio. Per non fare la fine dei prigionieri di Azovstal i meno agguerriti miliziani ucraini si ritirano. E intanto si moltiplicano gli appelli dei soldati a Kiev: “siamo senza armi”.
Svetlodarsk is now captured by Russian forces. Russia is now only a couple villages away from moving the whole front to Bakhmut (or “Artemivsk” as labeled on the map). There is almost no hope for resupply to the Ukrainian frontlines in Severodonetsk. pic.twitter.com/X8WuSJD5oa
— TBerg (@thomasbergman87) May 24, 2022
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed the loss of Svetlodarsk:
"The Svetlodar Bulge is lost. Our military went out so as not to be surrounded"
Retreat.
— Chebureki Vibes (@PelmeniPusha) May 24, 2022
Here we have it folks (suggest reading the entire prev thread for context). As I speculated, the #Ukrainian forces, with or without permission, withdrew from the #Svitlodarsk front, with fortifications that had held for 8 years. The city is in #Russian hands. Geolocated here. https://t.co/eqGjQWD288 pic.twitter.com/mkFVuHoa5T
— Erik Zimerman (@ZimermanErik) May 24, 2022
❗️According to incoming reports, fighting is currently going on in the coty of Liman. Local residents report a large number of Allied Forces soldiers ("military with white armbands") on the streets of the city.
— ZOKA (@200_zoka) May 24, 2022
🇺🇦Another appeal from Ukrovoyak to Zelensky, this time the 71st Jaeger Brigade of the #Ukrainian Armed Forces complained that they had been forced to go with automatic rifles against the artillery of the Russian Armed Forces.pic.twitter.com/sCgB6AJUO1
— Su-57 5th Gen Fighter (@5thSu) May 24, 2022