I was told they were surronded. How can they retreat?
By virtue of compassion.
You may be starting to get the drift...
The can retreat from Severodonetsk across the Seversky Donets River to Lisichansk by using the bridges in their rear that were blown up by their command. Pretty simple, really.
They aren’t “retreating”, they’re attacking to the west!
“I was told they were surronded. How can they retreat?”
Don’t worry, most will be shelled on the way out. Zelensky waited too long.
i believe i read the same thing.
is this like the mauripol evacuation to new positions thing?
The story is ridiculous. Servodonetsk has effectively been in Russian hands for 3 weeks. All that remains of the UFA is holed up in a chemical plant that is effectively surrounded, like the UFA troops in Avostal in Mariupol were. The Russians are just letting them run out of food and water so they will surrender because there’s no need for further loss of life. The current news is that Lisishansk is in a “cauldron” and the UFA lines are collapsing. There is no retreat possible by UFA soldiers from Lisishansk, except, perhaps, in tiny groups because Russians have fire control over all the roads. Any unit or armor that tries to get out will be destroyed. It’s a very hard situation for the UFA. Over the last few days I’ve concluded that British reporting may be the worst of the MSM.