Ukraine's military positions in village of Urozhaine, Donetsk region, were destroyed due to intense attacks and shelling from the enemy, so the Ukrainian Defense Forces were redeployed in order to save the lives of military personnel, Nazar Voloshyn, spokesman for the operational-strategic group of forces Khortytsia said in a commentary to Interfax-Ukraine.

"Due to the fact that the enemy destroyed almost everything in Urozhaine, the defense forces retreated to other positions. A decision was made. To save the life and health of our military personnel who held the defense there," the speaker said.

Voloshyn emphasized that the Ukrainian military controls the situation in that direction and gives an adequate response to the enemy. "The enemy, in order to achieve success and some kind of victories in the settlements and villages he destroyed, suffers considerable losses every day. They amount to more than one hundred killed, and the result is a destroyed settlement and a bunch of corpses of Russian soldiers around it who will not return to their families," the speaker noted.

He indicated that the command took this step because the positions of the Ukrainian defenders in Urozhaine, as well as the settlement itself, were destroyed as a result of constant, combined and prolonged enemy shelling. "The settlement itself was also almost completely destroyed by enemy shelling. The positions of the Ukrainian defenders were destroyed and keeping personnel there was a threat to the lives of our military," Voloshyn noted.

He also added that the enemy does not spare his personnel and equipment in this area.