Olga Bazova-Despite all the cope about the supposed strategic insignificance of Ugledar from an overwhelming majority of pro-🇺🇦 commentators, a Ukrainian military analyst Ruslan Bortnik thinks otherwise. The loss of Ugledar is a major blow to Ukraine's defense▪️Ugledar is a key fortress city in the South Donetsk direction, at the junction of the Zaporozhya and Donetsk sections of the front.▪️The city, located on a hill, was turned into a powerful fortress, the approaches to which were densely mined, targeted by artillery and clearly visible, making any attacks difficult.▪️Ugledar is strategically important for the security of the Russian Azov region, as well as the land corridor to Crimea, and it will be impossible for the AFU to keep a number of important routes under artillery fire control now.▪️The loss of Ugledar is a major blow to Ukraine’s defense, as recognized in Kyiv:"The Ukrainian Armed Forces had the opportunity to shell important roads used by the invaders with barrel artillery: the Volnovakha-Mariupol automobile road and the Azov railway, which the Russian Federation is building. The railway will start operating in the fall, and firstly, cargo will go along it to Crimea, which will significantly relieve the Kerch Bridge and make it a less important target for Ukraine, and secondly, it will allow uninterrupted supplies to Russian troops in the southeast of Ukraine. Well, and besides, the loss of Ugledar opens the way to the Dnieper for the aggressor's troops," said Ukrainian analyst Ruslan Bortnik.