The battle for Avdiivka, the Ukraine-held key city in Donetsk area, had one other improvement as sources point out that Russians forces broke via the defenses, and entered the city on the north facet.
Up till that time, most exercise was centered within the south, the place the besiegers have reached the outskirts of the city space, and Kiev regime evacuated the civilian inhabitants.
Professional-Ukrainian Journalist, Senior Editor Safety Coverage and Conflicts at German Paper BILD, Julian Röpke wrote in his X social media account that forces invading from the north secured a foothold inside town:
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Russian invasion forces superior appr. 1500 meters inside #Avdiivka, capturing all the northern dacha quarter & securing a foothold within the northern a part of town itself.
Ukraine defends one entrance (Stepove) efficiently, however is incapable to defend all the city. pic.twitter.com/ievJDhp8n7— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) February 2, 2024
‘Ukraine defends one entrance (Stepove) efficiently, however is incapable to defend all the city’, Röpke wrote.
This story is creating, and hasn’t damaged within the MSM but, however not solely is that this story coming from Ukrainian sources – that means they aren’t ‘Moscow propaganda’ – however there may be additionally geo-located footage from Ukrainian drones exhibiting Russian fighters contained in the Avdiivka city space.
Professional-Russian analyst and information aggregator Simplicius the Thinker reported:
“As the previous platoon commander of the nationalist battalion ‘Aidar’ Yevgeny Dikiy stated, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will apparently have to depart Avdiivka.
In accordance with Dikiy, the probability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces withdrawing from Avdiivka is rising day by day for one purpose: ‘shell starvation’, in addition to the method of Russian troops to the provision route.”
Because it’s normally the case, the army prime leaders, headed by Basic Zaluzhny, advocate to retreat from the city to extra secure defensive strains, whereas the political leaders led by Zelensky wish to maintain the city in any respect prices.
Kiev Post reported:
“Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday stated that his troops had damaged via to the [southern] outskirts of Avdiivka, which has been a high-priority goal for Moscow […]
In televised remarks that come about two months earlier than Russian presidential elections, Putin claimed that troops ‘broke via the enemy’s defenses and reached the outskirts of Avdiivka. ‘They captured 19 homes and are holding them’, he claimed.”
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