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| Russian Federation continues to try to capture Avdievka - General Staff |
| 2024-02-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repulsed 14 attacks in the Avdievka area and another one near Pervomaisky, Donetsk region. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Thursday evening, February 15. “During the day, 51 military clashes took place. In total, the enemy launched 30 missile and 56 air strikes, carried out 70 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there were wounded and dead.” Multi-storey and private buildings, educational institutions, as well as critical infrastructure facilities were destroyed and damaged,” the General Staff said in a statement. In the Kupyansky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled an attack near the village of Ivanovka, Kharkov region. In the Liman direction, five enemy attacks were repulsed near Ternov, Yampolevka and Vesely in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repulsed nine attacks in the areas of Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Klishchievka, Andreevka of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve the tactical situation. In the Avdievka direction, our defenders repulsed 14 attacks in the Avdeevka area and another one near Pervomaisky, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, continues to try to capture Avdeevka. In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold the enemy near Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region. Here the invaders, with the support of aviation, tried 17 times to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Novopavlovsk direction, three enemy attacks were repulsed south of Prechistovka and near Staromayorsky, Donetsk region. In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon the intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, one attempt was made to storm the positions of our troops. During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 12 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Units of the missile forces struck 2 areas where personnel were concentrated, one artillery piece, one ammunition train, and one enemy radar station. Let us recall that from February 24, 2022 to February 15, 2024, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 399,090 people. Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces destroyed 950 invaders, nine tanks, 54 artillery systems and 33 UAVs. Earlier, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed the destruction of the Russian ship, and the Main Intelligence Directorate released a video of a drone attack on Caesar Kunikov. The Main Intelligence Directorate posted a video confirming that only an “oily stain” remained from the Russian large landing ship Caesar Kunikov. |
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