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| Assaults on Avdievka has halved - Ukrainian Armed Forces |
| 2024-01-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] The Russians halved the number of shelling and assaults on Avdeevka The Ukrainian Armed Forces explain this trend by changing weather conditions - this affects the ability to launch drones. In the Avdeevsky direction over the past 24 hours, the number of attacks by Russian troops, as well as the number of artillery shelling, has decreased. The speaker of the Tauride Defense Forces, Alexander Shtupun, spoke about this during a telethon on January 8. According to him, the occupiers do not stop trying to surround Avdiivka. They remain active in this area. However, over the past 24 hours, the number of artillery shellings has decreased slightly. Thus, during January 6, more than 1,000 attacks were registered, but on January 7, their number dropped to 617. "We attribute this to weather conditions, because drones cannot operate at full capacity. Moreover, compared to the weather that was before, it has become quite cold. The number of assaults has also decreased. If earlier there were 50-60 per day, now they carried out only 25," Shtupun said. The speaker noted that Russia continues to strike with aerial bombs - 31 such strikes were recorded in 24 hours. Let us remind you that on January 7, Russian troops lost more than 200 tanks in the Avdeevsky direction. It was also reported that the military MTR destroyed an enemy group near Avdiivka. More from lb.ua In the Avdiiv direction, the Russians attacked the defenders more than 170 times in a week The enemy carried out dozens of attacks in other directions as well. by Iryna Lysohor In the Kupyansk direction, the Russians continue their offensive in the area of ​​Synkivka, east of Petropavlivka and Ivanovka. During the week, the defenders repelled more than 30 attacks here. In the Lyman direction, the defenders repelled three attacks east of Terniv, General Staff spokesman Andriy Kovalev said. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy carried out assaults in the districts of Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka, Andriivka of the Donetsk region, where the defenders repelled 30 attacks by the occupiers. "In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy continues offensive actions in the Avdiivka area, where during the past week, it carried out more than 170 attacks on the positions of our troops in the Novobakhmutivka, Berdychiv, Stepovoy, Avdiivka, Severnoy, Pervomaisky, and Nevelsky areas of the Donetsk region, where our soldiers inflicted considerable losses on the enemy as in manpower, as well as in heavy weapons. In the Mariinsky direction, the enemy continues offensive actions in the areas of Georgiyivka, Maryinka, Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka settlements of the Donetsk region. Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in this direction last week repelled about 50 enemy attacks. In the Zaporizhia direction, last week the enemy carried out more than 20 unsuccessful assaults in the areas north of Priyutny, west of Verbovoy and Robotyny of the Zaporizhia region," Kovalev said. In the Kherson region, the Russians focused their main efforts on conducting defense, improving mine and explosive barriers and ways of logistical support. They continue to carry out airstrikes and artillery shelling of military positions and settlements in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. The occupiers tried to dislodge units of the Defense Forces from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River, and carried out more than 75 unsuccessful assaults. In total, during the week there were more than 370 combat clashes, the Russians launched about 125 missile and more than 400 airstrikes, carried out about 320 attacks from rocket salvo systems. During the previous week, the Russians carried out almost 200 missile and more than 450 airstrikes, fired about 450 rocket salvo systems at military positions and infrastructure objects. In the week to January 1, 400 combat clashes took place. Even more from lb.ua Due to bad weather in the Avdiiv direction, the Russians reduced the number of artillery fire, but use guided aerial bombs The military expects more invaders to surrender due to the cold weather. by Vera Perun In the Avdiiv direction, the Russians reduced the number of artillery fire. Oleksandr Shtupun, the spokesman for the United Press Center of the Defense Forces of the Tavria Region, announced this on the air of the telethon. "We blame it on the weather conditions, because the drones cannot work to their full capacity, it has become quite cold. Artillery shelling decreased from over a thousand the day before yesterday to 617 per day," Shtupun said. He added that the number of assaults has also decreased. "If you compare, earlier there were 50-60 assaults per day, now they conducted 25," said the spokesman of the press center. Instead, the occupiers continue to carry out airstrikes, in particular, guided aerial bombs, 31 such cases have been recorded, Shtupun added. The occupiers also surrender. Only on January 7, about 10 invaders laid down their arms. And over the last month, the spokesman noted, there were about a hundred such cases. Due to the cold weather, the number of those willing to surrender may increase. |
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