The direction of Avdiivka, especially Peski, became the hottest place on the front. The invaders covered the Ukrainian positions with heavy artillery fire.
In the battles near Avdiivka and Pesok in the Donetsk region, “just hell” is happening, which “can’t even be described in words,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The Avdiivka direction is regularly listed in the reports of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is joined by settlements along the western outskirts of Donetsk – The dunes are located south of Avdiivka. After five months of frontal attacks, the Russian invaders apparently decided to surround Avdiivka. Correspondent.net telling the details.
The situation in Avdiivka: it was impossible to break the advantage of the invaders with artillery
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admitted in an evening speech that the front sector in the Donetsk direction has become hell due to lack of weapons and manpower.
“We still have not completely broken the advantage of the Russian army in artillery and manpower, and this is palpable in the battles, especially in Donbass – Peski, Avdiivka, and other directions. There is only hell. Neither already described in words,” he said.
Zelensky added that Ukrainian diplomats are working every day to ensure that the Ukrainian Armed Forces get the weapons they need to stop the Russian invaders, and thanked US President Joe Biden for the new defense aid package .
The President noted that the word “HIMARS” has become almost synonymous with the word “justice” for Ukraine.
“And the defenders of Ukraine will do everything to ensure that the invaders suffer more and more painful losses every week thanks to these very effective systems,” he said and stressed that every Ukrainian should always be grateful to the soldiers who defending the positions of Ukraine, despite the tangible fire advantage enemy.
Today, in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine it was said that in the direction of Avdiivka the invaders conducted offensive operations in the direction of Mineralnoye – Avdiivka, but they were unsuccessful and retreated. However, in the direction of Donetsk – Peski, the enemy achieved a partial victory.
Before that, during five months of a large-scale Russian offensive, the front line near Donetsk did not move, as it became one of the most fortified in eight years of war.
Donetsk was soon occupied: “The invaders carried out attacks in the direction of Mineralne – Avdiivka, they did not succeed, they retreated. The enemy had a partial success in the direction of Donetsk-Pisky.”
–Report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 18:00, 2 August 2022 pic.twitter.com/hjOfaJl6xR— Michael MacKay (@mhmck) August 2, 2022
In the morning report on August 3, there was only one short message: in the direction of Avdiivka, the enemy was attacking the Avdiivka area, trying to improve the tactical situation, but to no avail – with losses, they retreated.
On August 3, the National Police reported that Avdiivka was the hottest place in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours. Russian troops fired at the civilian population from aviation, rocket launchers, artillery, Gradov and Hurricanes, tanks, law enforcement officials said, adding that there were casualties and destruction of civilian objects.
Vitaliy Barabash, chairman of the Avdiivka city military administration, told Radio Donbass. The reality of August 2 was that some positions had to be withdrawn, because there were none left. Here are his main theses:
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In recent days, shelling has intensified several times in this area. Cannon and rocket artillery, as well as aviation, are used.
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The Ukrainian military retreated from their positions at the Butovka mine, because there was nothing left to hold: nothing left.
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Russian troops had some success at Peski. Ukrainian units removed people from some positions. These positions were completely defeated by the invaders.
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Continued attempted offensive actions also continue north of Avdeevka, in the areas of Kamenka and Krasnogorovka. Also, Russian troops are trying to attack the Avdiivka industrial area. But it is very difficult for them to advance there.
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Flights to Avdiivka itself also became more frequent. The city has been without electricity, water and gas for a long time. Despite this, approximately 2.5 thousand people remain there. Some just decided to leave. And some are returning to the city from evacuation.
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The Russians could not capture Avdiivka by direct assault. So they tried to advance from the sides.
At the same time, American analysts from the Institute for the Study of War wrote, in a report published on the night of August 3, that Russian forces probably decided to attack Avdiivka directly from the territory of the occupied region of Donetsk, and not wait until the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdraw from their prepared defensive positions.
Under the message of the General Staff about the partial success of the invaders in this area, they probably meant the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the Butovo mine site southwest of Avdiivka, said ISW report.
“In the near future, the enemy will also try to seize the highway connecting Pesky and Avdeevka. Attempts to attack Avdeevka for Russia have not yet brought significant progress,” American experts wrote in the report .
Front section near Avdiivka
The ISW added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been occupying positions near the Butovka mine since 2015, and that over the years the area has undergone continuous shelling. Ukrainian forces had previously identified Butovka as a strategic defensive point and the closest Ukrainian position to Donetsk.
What’s going on at the Sands: the line of defense is broken
The Russian side claims that it has partially captured Peski, but this information has not been confirmed. Journalist Bogdan Miroshnikov, on his microblog on Twitter, reported that now Peski is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but there are heavy battles.
Donetsk region
Avdіїvka-Pіski without change! ZSU absorbed the opponent
Soledar – the brief battle attack of Bakhmutsky and Yakovlivka ended in a stream of orcs
Siversky straight ahead – no change either, sometimes the orcs try to storm unsuccessfully
The battles of Bіlya Kodemi continue
— Vasyl Stus (@v_stus) August 3, 2022
But the situation is getting worse. What will be given there – no one sees – the battles are dynamic. We see or counterattacks turn hundreds of spent meters.
I’m asking you not to tell me what’s going on “over there”. ZSU gave nothing. I will tell you.
We are praying for the boys!
— Vasyl Stus (@v_stus) August 2, 2022
The fact that Peski is held by Ukrainian forces was also reported by the former representative of the people, the representative of Ukraine in PACE, Borislav Bereza, who now serves in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Yes, it’s very difficult there now. But it’s another hell that ZSU learned to overcome. And it’s thanks to the heroism of our soldiers. The enemy is climbing through all the cracks. Our soldiers are holding positions, ” he wrote on his Telegram channel on August 3.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine left only one of the defense lines in Peski, which was under heavy heavy fire from the invaders.
“There is no point in keeping people under deadly fire if there is a more advantageous position that will save the lives of the soldiers and prevent the enemy from attacking. We have several lines of defense there. And this is a common tactical maneuver,” Bereza said.
The main drawback of the Ukrainian forces is the lack of artillery, which is “difficult to reduce in the near future.”
“And now there is an artillery war. But for now, in the sector of Pesok, the problem is partially solved. There is help and reinforcements. Therefore, we hold Peski, although the enemy has concentrated a big fist there for a breakthrough . Less panic. More confidence in ZSU,” he stressed. hey
Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the Office of the President, announced the arrival of help in Peski the previous day. “For a day or two, it was not just our military there, because of the concentration of superior enemy forces, especially in artillery. Help has arrived there, we will fix everything now,” said Arestovich.
The fighter of the 21st battalion, Sergei Gnezdilov, who is now defending Peski, spoke about the situation in the village, which was before the arrival of help.
“As I wrote earlier, 6500 shells per fucking village in less than a day. It’s been six days, and I can’t imagine how some of our infantry are still alive in the chaos of enemy fire,” he wrote on his Facebook page on August 2.
According to him, the Ukrainian side hardly responded to the fire of the Russian invaders.
“There was no counter-battery fire, from the word at all, the enemy, without any problems for himself, placed an artillery shell in our trenches, dismantled very strong, concrete positions in ten -ten minutes, without stopping and with little rest, pushing through our defense line. The day before yesterday broke and poured like a river two hundred / three hundred. I will not publish any statistics, it is forbidden in our country, but you figure out the number and percentage of losses,” Gnezdilov wrote.
The Ukrainian serviceman wrote that the Russian invaders, after another artillery barrage, “without problems” entered and occupied the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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