Ukrainian troops withdraw from Marinka

WORLD, Dec. 27  (YPA) – Ukraine’s troops have withdrawn to the outskirts of the city of Marinka, the Ukrainian army’s commander-in-chief, Valeriy Zaluzhny, confirmed on Tuesday.

Russia announced the capture of the town on Monday.

“Street after street, block after block are being destroyed. Our fighters are being attacked. And the fact that we have now withdrawn to the outskirts of Marinka and in some places have already established positions behind Marinka (…) cannot provoke a public outcry,” he told a press conference.

Some units still remain in the north of the destroyed city, he added.

Russian forces have intensified their activity in various sectors of the front over the past two months, especially in the Donetsk region, where they are trying to surround the town of Avdiivka, another Ukrainian stronghold near the regional capital.

E.M