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[global network report] according to reports from "russia today" tv (rt) and the associated press, the ukrainian military issued a statement on the 2nd that the ukrainian army was withdrawing from the important eastern town of vukhledar. according to the associated press, vukhledar is close to the railway line. after the russian army controls the place, it will not only better protect the russian army's logistics lines, but also provide more favorable conditions for attacking the ukrainian army.

according to reports, the hortyca group army in eastern ukraine issued a statement on the social platform telegram on the 2nd saying that in order to "protect military personnel and equipment," the (ukrainian army) was withdrawing troops from vukhledar.

the statement also mentioned that russia mobilized its reserve forces for a flank attack, which exhausted the defensive capabilities of the ukrainian armed forces and led to the threat of siege in the town.

the associated press said vukhledar had been fighting for more than two years. the town's location at the intersection of two major roads had a dual tactical significance. the capture of vukhledar brings russia one step closer to the important logistics hub of pokrovsk.

according to rt, earlier in the day, a security source told the tass news agency that the russian army had almost completed its "mopping up" operation in the town. the source added that some ukrainian troops suffered "heavy losses" due to their failure to withdraw from vukhledar in time.