The situation on the front of Red Army City is very bad for the Ukrainian forces. According to a report by Julian Roppke, a journalist and analyst from the German newspaper Bild, Russian forces have advanced 18 kilometers north of Red Army City, now threatening the supply line from Slavyansk-Kramatorsk to Dnipro. The next few hours will determine the fate of the Ukrainian-controlled area in Donetsk. Currently, the Ukrainian forces still control 29% of the Donetsk region.
Roppke stated that the Ukrainian forces must quickly gather their troops to plug the gap and rapidly eliminate the Russian light infantry units before they receive support from FPV suicide drones. This requires gathering hundreds of mechanized infantry; otherwise, if the subsequent Russian reinforcements arrive and gain support from suicide drones to consolidate their positions, it will be difficult for the Ukrainian forces to maintain control over the area. Roppke believes it is difficult for the Ukrainian forces to turn the situation around. They need to reclaim the approximately 75 square kilometers of salient territory occupied by the Russians in a short time, otherwise it will accelerate the loss of territory and even affect subsequent negotiations.
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