Only one can interfere with the Armed Forces defense from a nuclear bunker near Avdiivka - the media

According to journalists, the complex of Soviet Air Force times a few kilometers from Avdiivka was built to accommodate air defense units and protect the air base. The Zenit Ukrep region was supposed to survive in the nuclear war. For 10 years, the old bunker complex of the Soviet Air Force south of Avdiivka has fixed the defense of Ukraine along the front line in the northeast of Ukraine. Forbes writes about it.

If the Zenit fortress falls, Avdiivka may also not resist, which will force the garrison of defense forces to retreat after a decade of persistent resistance. On Monday, January 22, Russian troops came closer than ever to cut off the Zenith with his maze of concrete strongholds, but failed. The next time their plan may work: Ukrainian defenders end with ammunition. The Air Force Complex was built to accommodate air basements and protect nearby.

The efforts of Soviet engineers "Zenith" was to survive in the nuclear war. Ukrainian troops have been here in the first days of the Russian invasion of 2014, since then in the tunnels of the complex. The road T0505 connects Zenit with Avdiivka itself, located two kilometers to the north. This complex on the top of the hill is "critical for protecting the city and supporting roads to the city open", explained OSINT analyst Andrew Perpetua. "I do not imagine how to define without it," he said.

And the Russians are aware of this. They did not manage to seize the Zenit, but the other day they almost cut it during fierce battles. But the Ukrainian garrison, led by the 110th mechanized brigade in the center of Avdiivka, helped to reduce the pressure on Zenit. But the fortress is vulnerable.

Compared to the northern flank of Avdiivka, where the crews of M-2 Bradley Bradley 47 mechanized brigade have repelled the wave behind the wave of Russian attacks for several months, the southern flank of the city seems weak. "While the northern part of Avdiivka is protected by coke with reliable industrial buildings, the southern part mainly consists of one- and two-storey buildings, vulnerable to artillery fire,"- said the Ukrainian analytical center Froneteligence Insight.

According to analysts, this creates the appropriate conditions for the famous Russian tactics: if it is not possible to capture the area, the artillery goes in the course, then a light infantry that captures the blockage. It is reported that if Zenit falls, the entire southern flank of Avdiivka may fall. The Armed Forces commanders may have to decide that the struggle for the ruins of the city is too risky.