In the event of a local defeat for Ukraine, it would be Russia's biggest symbolic victory after the failure of the Kiev counteroffensive last summer.
Published on February 16, 2024 10:42 p.m
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Ukrainian soldiers in Avdiivka, January 1, 2024. (OZGE ELIF KIZIL / ANADOLU / AFP)
Soon the fall of Avdiivka? The Ukrainian army announced on Friday, February 16, that it had withdrawn “with minor losses,” but soldiers were captured from a position south of Avdiivka, an eastern town where the situation was deteriorating for them has deteriorated significantly in recent days. “The decision to withdraw was made to save personnel and improve the operational situation,” Oleksandr Tarnavsky, the Ukrainian general who commands the area, wrote on Telegram.
Ukraine is in danger of having to abandon this now largely destroyed site as it faces a growing lack of resources, particularly due to the blockage of American military aid, while Russia, which has more men and ammunition, is hoping for conquest hope, a few days before the second anniversary of the start of the invasion, on February 24th. If so, it would be Russia's biggest symbolic victory after the failure of the Kiev counteroffensive last summer.
According to Kiev, the Russian army has been increasing its waves of attacks since October to take this industrial city despite very high human losses, a situation reminiscent of the Battle of Bakhmout, a city that Moscow captured in May 2023 after ten months of fighting. with the cost of tens of thousands of deaths and injuries.
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