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| Russian Army on the streets of Avdievka: the situation in the city |
| 2024-01-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Trandlate. Edited. [Korrespondent] THE SITUATION IN AVDIEVKA IS DIFFICULT From approximately January 19 to 21, Russian infantry advanced in many places in the south of Avdievka. There is information about battles on the streets of Sobornaya, Chernyshevsky, and Sportivnaya. The Russian army has a certain advance within Avdeevka, Donetsk region. Hot battles are taking place in the area of the Tsarskaya Okhota restaurant, as well as on Sobornaya, Chernyshevsky, and Sportivnaya streets. There is information that some of the Ukrainian fighters were surrounded. Now there is an operation to release our soldiers. GRADUAL ADVANCE The American Institute for the Study of War recorded the advance of the invaders through the streets of Avdievka on January 21. In particular, ISW experts named three streets on the outskirts of the city where it is possible for the occupiers’ units to advance – these are Sobornaya, Chernyshevsky and Sportivnaya, as well as the area of the Tsarskaya Okhota restaurant. Let us note that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not confirm this information. Military analyst Bogdan Miroshnikov stated on the night of January 22 that the second phase of the enemy’s massive offensive had begun during this autumn-winter campaign. According to him, in the private sector in the south of Avdeevka, battles continue “for every street, every house, every barn.” The occupiers are minimal, but they have advanced. Already in the evening, the expert added: “In the south of the city in the private sector on the side of the industrial hub and north of the Tsarskaya Hunt, swamp scum have had success.” FIGHTS ON THE CITY STREETS The fact that the Russian army is already moving through the streets and trying to enter Avdeevka was confirmed by Defense Express director Sergei Zgurets. According to him, in the last two days the enemy was able to squeeze through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. By the red arrows marked on the map, you can see exactly where the occupiers are trying to get into Avdiivka, he pointed out. Now the advance of Russians is recorded along several streets, starting from the Yasinovatskaya interchange and the industrial area. According to Zgurets, the situation is extremely difficult. While the Defense Forces are trying to block enemy actions as much as possible, there are a lot of occupiers around the city. This complicates things, the analyst adds. The expert hopes that the Ukrainian army will be able to take certain countermeasures to completely prevent Russia from entering the city. NEW TACTICS The Telegram channel Operative Inform, with reference to Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters, reported that in the south of Avdiivka, the occupiers used new tactics for the first time. Thus, in the area west of the Yasinovatskaya interchange, the enemy found a pipe with a diameter of up to 0.8 meters, which had a length of more than two kilometers. Through this pipe, approximately 150 Russian attack aircraft reached the rear of our forward positions north of the Tsarskaya Okhota restaurant. “On the streets of Sobornaya, Chernyshevsky, Sportivnaya, heavy battles continue for the maintenance of the private sector and in order to release our encircled soldiers. It is necessary to more closely study the area of the task in order to identify threatening directions, both at the front and in the rear,” - the message says. Please note that there is no official confirmation of this information. REASSURANCE FROM BARABASHA At the same time, the head of the Avdeevka city military administration, Vitaly Barabash, confirmed that Russian units had indeed broken through on the outskirts of the city, but reassured that the enemy was not able to “get hooked” and carry out fortification work. In particular, answering the question whether the Russians were able to “catch on to the houses on the outskirts,” he said: “The DRG came in and got hooked - these are different things. This is a very loud statement. To get hooked means to carry out some kind of strengthening work and so on.” further. There’s definitely no such thing, our guys work there and they work very successfully. That’s why no one got caught anywhere.” At the same time, according to him, the situation with the defense of Avdiivka remains difficult. Over the past 24 hours, 37 massive shellings took place in the community alone; the Russian army carried out 12 air bomb strikes, most of which hit the central part of the city. “The situation is very complicated. Not easy. But it’s impossible to say that everything is lost. The guys are holding back the invasion that is rushing from the south, north and from Yasinovataya, they are very actively trying to attack. But the guys are repelling these attacks,” Barabash noted on air in Suspilne. Opposite. According to him, massive shelling mainly takes place during the day. Russia continues to strike the city of Kabamy - 20-30 strikes are recorded every day. He recalled that over the past year, 146 guided aerial bombs “flew” around the city; to date, according to his data, more than 300 have been recorded. “This activity has been happening since the beginning of the year, even since the 20th of December, Russian troops have been actively operating in the city with aviation. Basically, about 90% of the air traffic strikes hit administrative buildings and multi-storey buildings,” added the head of the Avdeevka administration. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Word is that a Russian Army unit located and used a tunnel in Avdievka to maneuver its forces to the rear of the Ukrainian deployment. |
| Posted by: badanov 2024-01-23 13:45 |
| #1 When I was reading a similar article, the author used the russian words for walking around. I might be lost in translation, but i think the authors choice of verb was purposeful, and indicates... Contrast Assaulting or Sieging Avdievka vs Walking Around Avdievka, that's my point. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-01-23 13:06 |