The situation in the Avdeevsky direction is very dynamic and constantly changing. The enemy is pressing with extraordinary force.
Press officer of the 3rd separate assault brigade Alexander Borodin spoke about this on the air of the national telethon United News.
What is known about the battles in Avdiivka
Fierce fighting continues within the city of Avdeevka. The enemy launches massive bomb attacks day and night, and does not stop assaults from several directions simultaneously.
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– If you compare it with Bakhmut, then it’s much harder here, because the Russians are throwing all the power of their army. This is not only infantry, but armored vehicles – FPV drones, CABs, phosphorus bombs. They don’t save anything, so this is a fundamentally political decision for them regarding these assaults,” he said.
The commander of the operational-strategic group of troops of Tavria, Alexander Tarnavsky, said that our troops are using all available means to deter the enemy. There is a planned strengthening of units.
In order to expand logistics corridors, raids and strikes are being carried out in the Avdeevka area. Logistics — works. On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, increased quantities of ammunition and other means of destruction are being supplied to the defenders of Avdiivka. Stable command and control of troops is ensured.
– As of 13:00, there are no blocked Ukrainian units in Avdiivka. In a difficult situation on the battlefield, when only ruins and a pile of broken bricks remain from the fortification, our priority is to preserve the lives of soldiers. Thus, Ukrainian units with minor losses left their position on the southern outskirts of Avdiivka. In other threatening directions, if necessary, troops are also maneuvered to move to new prepared positions in order to be able to further destroy the Russian occupiers and hold the city, notes Tarnavsky.
Trying to gain an advantage on the battlefield, the enemy used insidious tactics in the area of the Avdeevka coke plant: as a result of shelling, he set fire to a tank with naphthalene residues and started a fire in the bitumen tar storage warehouse. Under the cover of thick smoke, he tries to storm the positions of the Ukrainian defenders.
Avdiivka today, map of military operations
The enemy continues to try to encircle Avdiivka and oust the Ukrainian Armed Forces units. This is what Avdiivka looks like today on the map of military operations.
Avdiivka on the battle map 02/16/2024/DeepState Map
Enemy losses near Avdiivka
During the day on February 15, in the entire operational zone of the OSUV Tavria, Russian losses amounted to 711 people — the most this year.
As the press officer of the 3rd assault brigade noted, the Russian military loses a large amount of armored equipment and personnel from elite units during assaults.
– They are losing a large number of personnel from regular brigades and GRU special forces. That is, these are people who are trained, these are not prisoners, in fact they are the elite of the Russian army, but they are all going to the meat grinder,” the military man added.
The lion's share of this number — the result of the combat work of our troops, which destroy the invader in the Austrian direction.
Officer of the headquarters of the Azov brigade, participant in the defense of Mariupol Ilya Samoilenko said on the telethon that today near Avdeevka an enemy battalion commander was killed.
The deputy commander of the 3rd Brigade reported that in general, his brigade had already managed to destroy more than four thousand Russian military personnel.
– I think they have never had such losses as in the battles for Avdeevka. The Ukrainian forces of the Russian Federation are now being wiped out by at least six brigades of the Russian army, plus one brigade “DPR”, GRU special forces And so you understand the distribution of forces: there are some positions where 6 Ukrainian soldiers hold the defense, and storm & #8212; about 100 Russian military personnel,” noted Zhorin.
Earlier, the command of the Tavria OSUV announced its withdrawal from positions on the southeastern outskirts of Avdeevka.
