Advanced on 500 m: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation noticed on some streets Avdiivka - ISW (maps)
The enemy could reach the streets inside the settlement, in particular, occupied the area near the restaurant "Tsar Hunting" on Sobornaya Street. Analysts of the Institute of War (ISW) in a report published on January 21 were told about the details of the situation on one of the sections of the eastern front.
Analysts reported the possible promotion of the Russian unit in Avdiivka, referring to a video posted in the Telegram channel of air intelligence officers 110 separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces. The video can see about 10 units of living power recorded by the drone. OSINT investigators found that the coordinates of this point-48. 11756, 37. 76414. Google Maps shows that the terrain is located 500-700 meters from the southern border of the city.
On January 21, the military observer Konstantin Mashovets also noted that the Russians managed to get to the restaurant on the outskirts of "royal hunting". According to him, now the Armed Forces fighters will probably have to go deep into the "9th quarter"-a neighborhood located to the north. The ISW report refers to the possible appearance of Russians on two more streets - on Lermontov and Kosovo Street, that is, a little more east than Cathedral.
However, the authors of the report note that they have not yet been found visual confirmations by these facts. They emphasized that according to the statement of the commander of Khortytsa, General Alexander Tarnavsky and spokesman of the Tavriya group of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Colonel Alexander Plan, the Russians concentrated around the settlement 40,000th army.
The Armed Forces General Staff report does not confirm the successes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the southern outskirts of Avdiivka. On the evening of January 21, it was stated that Ukrainian fighters repelled 14 attacks of Russians: 5 attacks - on the northern flank (near Novobakhmutivka, Steppe), 9 - on the southern flank (near Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky). They also explained that the enemy tried to break through the defense, but acted "unsuccessfully".
There were also attacks of the Russians on a number of other areas of the front, explained the command: under Kupyansk - 7 attacks, under the estuary - 4, under Bakhmut - 5, under Marinka in Donetsk region and under the robot in Zaporizhzhya region - on 3. Analytics ISW The report also described the situation in other areas except Avdiivka.
It was indicated that the enemy continues to storm the positions of the Armed Forces near Kupyansk-Swatov-Lyan (at five points on the line from Kupyansk to disputes), Bakhmut (at three points-Bogdanivka, Ivanivske, Klshchivka), Marinka (in three points) and near the willow. The successes of the Russians at the bridgehead under the crusts in Kherson region are not celebrated. It should be noted that the Armed Forces began to storm Avdiivka since October 2023.
The Armed Forces fighters reflect the enemy attacks once after: for example, in January 2024 they published personnel of one of the most massive attempts - 50 units of equipment and 500 people of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were thrown into the battle. One of the volunteers who is fighting there, the fighter with the call sign "Osman" noted that the situation near the settlement "complex".