According to the updated maps of the frontlines, the enemy also advanced in the villages of Bohoyavlenka and Novoukrainka, as well as near Shakhtarske and Novooleksiivka. On Oct. 25, the former deputy chief of the Ukrainian General Staff, Lieutenant-General Ihor Romanenko, said that Russian forces were cutting supply routes to Selydove and might force Ukrainian troops to withdraw. Selydove is not Russia’s primary operational objective in this area, making Ukraine’s defense of the city a strategic move that likely forced Russia to deploy a sizable contingent of forces to the southern flank of P…