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17-02-2024, 10:11 PM
Ukrainian forces announced withdrawal of its forces from Avdiivka, a town recent became one of most fiercely contested battles on eastern front move followed an intensification of Moscow’s attacks on the area as Russia pummeled with airstrikes, artillery &sent wave after wave of ground assaults armored vehicles & soldiers. While the town’s strategic significance is limited, town marks biggest gain for Moscow since it captured the city of Bakhmut last year & is indication of how war appears to turned in Putin’s favor as Ukraine meanwhile faces renewed pressure across the eastern front, compounded by ammunition and manpower shortages.
At Munich Security Conference Sat, President Zelensky said decision to pull back from Avdiivka was made to “save soldiers’ lives.” to avoid being surrounded, so decided to withdraw to other lines, it does not mean retreated in k/m & let Russia captured more, they did not capture anything, he added. Avdiivka has been on front lines since Russian-backed fighters seized portions of Donbas including nearby city of Donetsk, in 2014. It has been under fire since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in Feb 2022.
Withdrawing from town, to northwest of Donetsk was “only correct solution,” commander of southern forces said on Friday, adding some Ukrainian troops had been captured by Russia during process where enemy advancing on corpses of their own soldiers with a 10-to-1 shell advantage, under constant bombardment, the Russian troops are “numerically superior in personnel, artillery & aviation,” Tarnavskyi added. Russians were “practically erasing city from face of the earth.”
Decision comes days after Ukraine’s new military chief Syrskyi & Defense Minister Rustem Umerov visited front lines in Avdiivka, pledging to send reinforcements to “prevent enemy from advancing deeper into our territory, by Thurs, Ukrainian forces hold were describing hellish in conditions, enemy in “coming from all sides”.
They don't spare their Russian,as assault was similar to “meat-grinder” tactics used to capture Bakhmut last yr, NATO estimated every Ukrainian soldier killed defending Bakhmut, Russia lost 5 to 1. Oleh Sentsov, formerly a famous filmmaker, filmed a 5-hr battle on helmet & body cameras in Avdiivka, illustrating cruelty of war & horrors of the trenches. He and his men found themselves fighting from all sides, caught in a pincer movement by Russian troops.
“Our assault group had to hold a trench 150-meters wide. We went in, took 50 meters, and could not push further because there was strong resistance by a lot of enemy infantry there,” Sentsov said in a rare interview with CNN. Oleh Sentsov, formerly a famous filmmaker, filmed a 5-hour battle on helmet and body cameras in Avdiivka.. Our assault group had to hold a trench 150-meters wide. We went in, took 50 meters & could not push further b'cos there was strong resistance by lot of enemy infantry in there,” Sentsov said in a rare interview with CNN.
The recent flurry of Russian offensives on Ukraine has also is facing critical shortages of ammunition, essential for its battlefield troops rising concerns US lifeline to help is hanging by a thinning thread.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/16/europ...index.html
At Munich Security Conference Sat, President Zelensky said decision to pull back from Avdiivka was made to “save soldiers’ lives.” to avoid being surrounded, so decided to withdraw to other lines, it does not mean retreated in k/m & let Russia captured more, they did not capture anything, he added. Avdiivka has been on front lines since Russian-backed fighters seized portions of Donbas including nearby city of Donetsk, in 2014. It has been under fire since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in Feb 2022.
Withdrawing from town, to northwest of Donetsk was “only correct solution,” commander of southern forces said on Friday, adding some Ukrainian troops had been captured by Russia during process where enemy advancing on corpses of their own soldiers with a 10-to-1 shell advantage, under constant bombardment, the Russian troops are “numerically superior in personnel, artillery & aviation,” Tarnavskyi added. Russians were “practically erasing city from face of the earth.”
Decision comes days after Ukraine’s new military chief Syrskyi & Defense Minister Rustem Umerov visited front lines in Avdiivka, pledging to send reinforcements to “prevent enemy from advancing deeper into our territory, by Thurs, Ukrainian forces hold were describing hellish in conditions, enemy in “coming from all sides”.
They don't spare their Russian,as assault was similar to “meat-grinder” tactics used to capture Bakhmut last yr, NATO estimated every Ukrainian soldier killed defending Bakhmut, Russia lost 5 to 1. Oleh Sentsov, formerly a famous filmmaker, filmed a 5-hr battle on helmet & body cameras in Avdiivka, illustrating cruelty of war & horrors of the trenches. He and his men found themselves fighting from all sides, caught in a pincer movement by Russian troops.
“Our assault group had to hold a trench 150-meters wide. We went in, took 50 meters, and could not push further because there was strong resistance by a lot of enemy infantry there,” Sentsov said in a rare interview with CNN. Oleh Sentsov, formerly a famous filmmaker, filmed a 5-hour battle on helmet and body cameras in Avdiivka.. Our assault group had to hold a trench 150-meters wide. We went in, took 50 meters & could not push further b'cos there was strong resistance by lot of enemy infantry in there,” Sentsov said in a rare interview with CNN.
The recent flurry of Russian offensives on Ukraine has also is facing critical shortages of ammunition, essential for its battlefield troops rising concerns US lifeline to help is hanging by a thinning thread.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/16/europ...index.html
