According to the mayor, the situation is “very tense” and Russian forces are pounding the city day and night from various sides
Russian troopswho have been besieging her for a month city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, have escalated their attacks in the last 24 hours using armored vehicles, he stated tonight the mayor Vitali Barabas on Ukrainian TV. According to him, the situation is “very tense” and Russian forces are pounding the city day and night from various sides.
An industrial center of the Donbass, the city of Avdiivka – with a population of 30,000 before the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022 – has suffered major damage and an estimated 1,500 residents have remained there despite heavy fighting and incessant shelling.
The city briefly fell to pro-Russian separatists in July 2014, before Ukrainian armed forces regained control of the area. In early October, the Russian invaders launched a large-scale offensive to capture Avdivka, in which they have since suffered heavy casualties, according to military analysts.
A Western official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the Russian army lost more than 200 armored vehicles in those attacks, claiming that the losses of Ukrainian troops are “significantly lower” than those of the invaders in the region.
Source :Skai
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