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2024-02-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Battle for Avdievka News Roundup for February 16h, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Ukrainian general confirmes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are withdrawing from positions in Avdievka
[Regnum] The commander of the Tavria Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Alexander Tarnavsky, said that the Ukrainian military is leaving positions destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces in Avdievka, Donetsk People's Republic.
At the same time, according to the commander, several people were captured by Russian soldiers.
“The Ukrainian Armed Forces are withdrawing from destroyed positions through maneuvers and are consolidating on new defense lines. During one of these exits, several of our soldiers were captured,” the Ukrinform agency quotes Tarnavsky.
It is also reported that on the evening of February 16, fighting in Avdeevka continued.
As Regnum reported, the decision to withdraw the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Avdievka should be made by the army leadership; this event does not threaten political consequences for Kiev, said Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the Ukrainian leader, during a telethon on February 16.
The official added that the Russian military could add pressure in some areas. Podolyak cited the delay in supplies of Western weapons and ammunition to Ukraine as the reason for the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Tarnavsky previously stated that the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces decided to retreat from the Zenit fortified area in the southeast of Avdeevka. He clarified that these measures were taken to preserve personnel and improve the operational situation.
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Podolyak: the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Avdievka will not lead to political consequences for Kyiv
The decision to withdraw the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Avdievka should be made by the leadership of the army; this event does not threaten political consequences for Kiev, said on February 16 during a telethon, adviser to the head of the Ukrainian leader’s office, Mikhail Podolyak.
Journalists asked the adviser what political consequences should be expected if Ukrainian soldiers left Avdiivka.
“The military must decide whether it is necessary to continue defending a specific line or whether it is possible to retreat to more advantageous positions, taking into account the fact that Russia has quantitative superiority there. The events around Avdiivka will not have political consequences,” Podolyak replied.
At the same time, he believes that Russia can add pressure in some areas. Podolyak cited the delay in supplies of Western weapons and ammunition to Ukraine as the reason for the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As Regnum reported, on February 16, Ukrainian general, commander of the Tavria operational-strategic group of troops, Alexander Tarnavsky, said that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had decided to retreat from the Zenit fortified area in the southeast of Avdievka. He clarified that these measures were taken to preserve personnel and improve the operational situation.
Ukrainian public pages published a video of damaged Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment leaving Avdievka. The footage shows burning tanks moving along the road.
Soldiers of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who were transferred to Avdievka, called the situation in the battle zone “Avdievka hell.” According to Ukrainian soldiers, they are opposed by seven brigades of the Russian Armed Forces, and they have to fight “360 degrees.”
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Damaged armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to be removed from Avdievka
Burning Ukrainian tanks began to be withdrawn from Avdievka. The corresponding video was published on February 16 in the Telegram channel by the Ukrainian publication “Country. ua".
“Ukrainian armored vehicles with traces of strikes are leaving Avdiivka,” the journalists captioned the video.
The footage shows burning tanks moving along the road. The exact date of filming is not indicated.
As reported by Regnum news agency, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to retreat from the Zenit fortified area in the southeast of Avdievka to the DPR, said on February 16 the Ukrainian general, commander of the operational-strategic group of troops "Tavria" Alexander Tarnavsky. According to him, these measures were taken to preserve personnel and improve the operational situation. Now the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to regroup troops, replenish supplies and arrange units in new positions, he added.
British expert Alexander Merkouris said that the leader of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, fled from Ukraine to Western Europe amid the encirclement and defeat of Ukrainian Armed Forces units at the front. According to the analyst, Zelensky, as the supreme commander in chief, should have remained in Kyiv and taken responsibility for what was happening in the combat zone.
A high-ranking Pentagon representative called the situation in Avdiivka a harbinger of new defeats for the Ukrainian army. She added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have no chance against the Russian army without the help of allies.
But, apparently not Ukrainian wounded.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter told his wife that the commanders abandoned the wounded and fled from Avdievka
One of the Ukrainian soldiers called his wife via video link and said that he was wounded and could not move: both legs were broken and there were shrapnel in his back. A corresponding video appeared on Telegram channels. The man said that his colleagues abandoned him and five other people in Avievka.
The Ukrainian said that the commanders promised to send a car for them, but it never arrived.
“Everyone left, everyone retreated. They told us that the car would pick us up... There are six of us, four others like me also cannot walk,” said the Kiev militant.
When asked by his sobbing wife why and how their commanders abandoned them, he replied that he did not know.
As Regnum reported, new positions have been prepared for the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters located in Avdievka, said the commander of the Ukrainian operational-strategic group of troops “Tavria” Alexander Tarnavsky on February 16.
A prisoner of war from the Azov regiment (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) Roman Tutov said that after the incident with the Russian Il-76 shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belgorod region, in which there were Ukrainian prisoners, he is afraid to return home on exchange, because he might die from the impact of missiles from their own countrymen.
The Ukrainian called the crash caused by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a Russian plane a crime for which the perpetrators must be punished.
The daily routine of Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel in Russian captivity does not involve work. They are prescribed to get full sleep, walk twice a day and eat three times a day. Viktor Murakhovsky, editor-in-chief of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, told RIA Novosti about this.
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Battles for Avdiivka: several soldiers were captured
Ukrainian fighters maneuver out of destroyed positions in Avdiivka and gain a foothold on new lines
The commander of the Tavria OSUV, Alexander Tarnavsky, spoke about the situation in the Avdeevsky direction.
Ukrainian defenders maneuver out of destroyed positions in Avdiivka and consolidate on new lines of defense. However, some of the soldiers were captured by Russians. This was stated by the commander of the Tavria OSUV, Alexander Tarnavsky, on his Telegram channel on Friday, February 16.
“Heavy fighting continues within the city of Avdievka. The enemy continues to launch artillery shelling and massive bomb attacks, practically wiping the city off the face of the earth,” the statement says.
The military man emphasized that the enemy is throwing all his reserves into the assault, transferring them to other directions, and is trying to push through our defenses. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to restrain the Russian occupiers, who numerically predominate in personnel, artillery and aviation.
Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian defenders have repelled more than 30 Russian attacks in the Avdeevka area. The aggressor carried out 20 airstrikes and more than one and a half hundred artillery attacks.
He also said that Ukrainian soldiers were maneuvering out of destroyed positions and gaining a foothold on new lines of defense.
“I note that the priority is preserving the lives of our soldiers. Therefore, if necessary, they retreat to new positions. Unfortunately, during one of these exits, several of our soldiers were captured,” the commander wrote.
He added that Ukraine will fight for the release of every soldier.
Tarnavsky said that the evacuation of the wounded was complicated by continuous shelling, but was being carried out. The necessary reserves are being transferred to our defenders.
According to him, there is now a fire at the Avdeevka coke plant, where Russian terrorists, as a result of shelling, set fire to a tank with naphthalene residues and bitumen tar in the warehouse.
Tarnavsky explained that to understand the scale of the enemy’s offensive, you need to know that the lion’s share of the occupiers’ losses in the Tauride direction occurred precisely in Avdeevka. In particular, since the beginning of the year, the losses of the occupiers in this direction amounted to 20,018 people, 199 tanks and 481 armored combat vehicles (January 1 - February 15, 2024).
The Avdeevka defensive operation continues, the enemy is paying a high price.
We previously wrote that the Russian army has lost 18 thousand people in the Tavria OSUL zone since the beginning of 2024.
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