New Bucha may appear: the Armed Forces explained why the fighters keep Avdiivka
On February 16, a spokesman of the operational-strategic group of Tavriya (Osv) Dmitry Likhov's troops stated this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. He added that many settlements west of Avdiivka in the event of a break in Russian troops can become the second Mariupol, the second Bakhmut and the second Bucha. "The maintenance of Avdiivka is important in order to prevent Russian artillery and Russian terror further to the west of Donetsk region.
To grind Russian resources and reserves, to deplete their armada," Likhov said. According to the military, the Russians have concentrated huge resources in the Avdeevsky direction and continue to throw fresh forces here. Probably the enemy tries to take control of his control before the start of the presidential election in Russia.
In addition, it is obvious that the Russian army in the Avdeevsky direction is dominated by Ukrainian forces in the number of personnel, in artillery, and in the aviation component. "As of February 14, such military units and connections, including the 1st Army Corps, the 2nd, 8th Army and the 41st Army Corps of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, were fighting there," Likhov said.
In addition, the spokesman said that in the Avdiivka area, the occupiers use different tactical techniques, although they mostly carry out assault actions in small infantry groups, which sometimes join armored vehicles. According to the latest data, the enemy began to use phosphorus shells. "But in the conditions of street fighting there is specificity. Recently significant losses in armored vehicles make the occupiers go to hiking. .
Likhov notes that fierce battles occur within the city, Ukrainian troops use all available forces and means to restrain the enemy. "We strengthen the lock border, create new fire positions and observation posts. We continue to prepare fortifications taking into account possible scenarios. They introduced fresh units that came from the restoration. To stabilize the situation in this area, " - emphasizes the spokesman.
At the same time, Likhov emphasizes that the main priority of the military command of the Armed Forces is the life of fighters. We will remind, on February 16 it was reported that Ukrainian fighters continue the defense of Avdiivka. According to the military, Russian invaders throw a colossal number of personnel, armored vehicles and aviation into the Avdeevsky direction. Hard fighting is ongoing.