“In order to protect the lives of our soldiers and the combat capabilities of our units, the Ukrainian defenders left this town,” the Ukrainian military headquarters said in the Telegram application.
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The staff explained that the enemy “managed to advance thanks to their numerical superiority and the constant pressure exerted by small shock troops in difficult weather conditions.
The statement emphasized that Russian troops “have a significant advantage in terms of numbers and equipment. Therefore, despite large losses [Rosjanie] continue offensive operations.
Ukrainian troops left Seversk in the Donetsk OblastGeneralStaffZSU / Telegram
Russia's progress on the front. A record was broken in November
AFP noted that Seversk was the last major town on the way to the larger cities still under Ukrainian control — Kramatorsk (80,000 inhabitants in 2022) and Slovyansk (56,000 inhabitants in 2025).
The agency reported that Russian forces approached Seversk from three sides, attacking this town intensively since September this year, and between November and December, the attacking Russian soldiers managed to break through the Ukrainian defense.
AFP reported that, according to its calculations based on data from two American think tanks – the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP), in November the Russian army recorded the greatest progress on the Ukrainian front in a year.
