The enemy continues offensive operations west of Avdeevka, despite the fact that during the four months of the Avdeevka operation, the total losses of the Russians amounted to more than 47 thousand.
The Russian military is regrouping after the Avdeevka operation and, with aviation support, is trying to continue offensive operations west of Avdeevka in the direction of Lastochkino. This was announced by the head of the public relations department of the Tavria Operational-Strategic Group of Troops, Dmitry Likhovy, in a telethon, reports Ukrinform.
According to him, the enemy continues offensive operations west of Avdeevka, despite the fact that during the four months of the Avdeevka operation, the total losses of the Russians amounted to more than 47 thousand.
“Unfortunately, the Russians have some reserves and they are regrouping after this operation, bringing new resources – completely different units, and with the support of aviation they are trying to continue the operations of an attack west of Avdievka in the direction of Lastochkino and neighboring settlements. ,” said the spokesman.
He noted that Ukrainian troops are strengthening their layered defense, reinforcing with additional units, and creating new firing positions.
“That is, not only that the enemy, behind the retreat from Avdiivka, tried to build on his victories, and he succeeded. There were difficult battles there. The positions were restored by our troops , the enemy is caught, and this indicates that there are some things going on there in the military clashes. And the circumstances there are such that the offensive actions of Russia are taking place in small groups of attack with the support of a small number of armored vehicles, “said Likhovy.
He added that the Russian Federation is trying to attack, but it has few resources for it.
In the past 24 hours, in the Tauride direction, the Ukrainian military destroyed and neutralized 328 Russian drones.
“In our direction, the entire OVSU Tavria, over the past 24 hours, 515 Russians have been destroyed or otherwise disabled. 6 artillery systems, 4 tanks, 14 armored vehicles, 1 MLRS, 1 anti-missile missile system , 20 vehicles, 5 ammunition depots were destroyed or damaged, and 328 UAVs were neutralized or damaged,” said Likhovy.
According to him, among the destroyed Russian equipment were three ATVs, as well as an MSTA-S self-propelled gun and a Rapier cannon.
According to the Tavria OSUV, 10 Russians were caught in the Avdeevsky direction in the past 24 hours.
“If we talk about the past 24 hours, it should be noted that from the entire operational zone of the Tavria OSUV, it is in the Donetsk region, that is, in the Maryinsky and Avdeevsky directions, that most of the air, artillery . and kamikaze drone strikes are happening. At the same time, the situation is dynamic in Avdeevsky, and in the Maryinsky direction. Our soldiers returned some positions yesterday, and in the Avdeevsky direction more than 10 Russians surrendered to our military or caught. ,” said Likhovy.
He also informed that on February 22 at 18:00 in the Maryinsky direction, the Russian Federation tried 31 times to break the defenses of the Ukrainian troops. In the direction of Avdeevsky on Thursday at 18:00, Ukrainian defenders rejected 7 Russian attacks.
Source: korrespondent
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