"Occupiers act competently": WSJ told about the course of Avdiivka's defense

Russian troops suffer huge losses, but according to journalists, they can afford it. Ukrainian fighters are tired in turn but motivated to defend. Every day of the group of Russian troops attack forests and fields on the approaches to Avdiivka. The invaders go one wave after the other. Ukrainian units do not have time to eliminate. This was reported in the report of The Wall Street Journal.

"Step by step, they take our positions," says the deputy commander of one of the battalions of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Shirshin. The cost of promoting Russian troops is huge losses. For several weeks, the invaders threw tens of thousands of troops in Avdiivka. The efforts of the Russian Federation to surround the city are the largest battle of autumn.

If the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can capture Avdiivka, they will be able to move further in the Donetsk region, it will also be a victory for Putin. The President of the Russian Federation will be able to say that the initiative has returned to the hands of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The first attacks of Russian troops on Avdiivka failed. Ukraine with devastating strokes on the columns of technology with the help of artillery and Dronov-Kamikadze.

Currently, the problem is that the Russian Federation can allow huge losses. The Ukrainian army has fatigue from constant fighting. The defense of Avdiivka has been going on since 2014 and opens the way to the occupied Donetsk. Infantry waves, the invaders try to attack the Avdeevsky Coke Plant. "We are still motivated, but we are exhausted," says Private Alexander Sergiychikov from the 110th separate mechanized brigade. They defend Avdiivka since the spring of 2022.

However, the military noted that despite the meat assaults, as if they were zombie, the invaders act competently. They are looking for weaknesses. Defense and then beat there. Ukrainian defenders have modern BMP Bradley M2A2, which allow the military not only to define, but also to contradaciate. We will remind, on November 20 the media wrote that there is no pathological situation in the Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction. The fighters protect the position.