Pushilin predicted a change in the balance of power after taking control of Ugledar

Taking control of Vuhledar in the DPR could radically change the situation on the line of contact. Such a statement done Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“The encirclement and subsequent liberation of this city solves many problems. Taking control of this settlement will provide our troops with access to the Krasnoarmeiskoye and Kurakhovskoye directions, ”he said.

Pushilin added that he was waiting for “good news” from Vuhledar, noting that the city could become “a new, very important success” for the Russian military.

January 26 DPR authorities reportedthat the Russian military entered Ugledar and entrenched themselves on the outskirts of the city. Igor Kimakovsky, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, added that Ukrainian troops are trying to carry out counterattacks, but Russian artillery is hitting the enemy. Later Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also acknowledgedthat Russian troops are successfully advancing in the Donbass.

In the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reportedthat the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the area of ​​Ugledar continues. According to a report dated January 26, near the city, the Russian military destroyed an artillery ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft.

Russia’s special operation in Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin called the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass, as well as the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, its goals. During the special operation, Russian troops took full control of the LPR, as well as most of the DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Subsequently, these territories became part of Russia, and on October 19 martial law was introduced in the regions.