Ukraine’s Commander in Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said on Dec. 26 that Ukrainian troops remain in the northern part of the town of Marinka, Donetsk Oblast. Following Russia’s claim to have captured the town on Dec. 25, Zaluzhnyi said that Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat to Marinka’s outskirts and in some places set up positions outside the city. He stressed that the lives of soldiers are more important than land as the battle becomes increasingly bloody. “The situation is absolutely the same as it was in Bakhmut,” he said at a news briefing. “Streets, neighborhoods and our fighters are be…