The routing of the 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade from its former positions in the Bakhmut sector has blown open a gaping hole in the Russian defensive line.
The 72nd Brigade was only newly formed last year, mostly with a motley bunch of conscripts and convicts. The unit had been plagued by rumors of low morale and disobedience from the very start.
The Brigade’s ejection has removed a vital bridgehead on the western side of the Donets-Donbas Canal, which Ukraine can now pour mechanized troops through and exploit.
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