The Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group has confirmed that the high command granted permission to carry out a maneuver to withdraw units from Vuhledar in order to preserve personnel and military equipment, and to take a position for further actions.

"Officially on the eastern direction. Having suffered numerous losses as a result of prolonged fighting, the enemy did not abandon attempts to capture Vuhledar. In an attempt to take control of the city at any cost, it managed to send reserves to carry out flank attacks, which exhausted the defense of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," it said on the Telegram channel on Wednesday.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that as a result of the enemy's actions, there was a threat of encirclement of the city.

"The high command has granted permission to carry out a maneuver to withdraw units from Vuhledar in order to preserve personnel and military equipment, and to take a position for further actions," the Khortytsia group said.