INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine's army said Wednesday it was withdrawing from the eastern town of Vuhledar, facing intense Russian attacks and the risk of being
encircled."The High Command gave permission for a maneuver to withdraw units from Vuhledar in order to save personnel and military equipment
and take up a position for further operations," the Khortytsia group of troops, which operates in the area, said in a Telegram post.The unit
claimed it had inflicted heavy losses on Russian forces but that relentless attacks meant "there was a threat of encirclement."Analysts from
Ukraine's 72nd Mechanized Brigade, which has been defending Vuhledar, also confirmed their withdrawal from the city to the BBC, noting that
of tanks and armored vehicles, according to an earlier report by the Financial Times.Ukrainian military analyst Ivan Stupak described
Vuhledar as the gateway to the southern areas of the Donbas region in a conversation with The Moscow Times earlier this month, noting that
