Russia’s deployment of maneuver to encircle before liquidating Ukrainian armed forces in fortified strongholds in the south eastern Donbas has entered a new phase with the fall of Shakhtarske, a key village south of Novoukrainska and Bohoyavlenka, the villages for whose defense the 72nd Brigade of Чорні запорожці received an order to withdraw from Vuhledar in early October after suffering heavy losses. Already in a state of continuous reconstitution, the 72nd Brigade of Чорні запорожці are expected to suffer a second disintegration in the defense of Bohoyavlenka and Novoukrainska.