Russian offensive on Avdiivka: The danger for the city will increase if the enemy increases strength - experts

Ukrainian soldiers do not allow the Russians to successfully storm Avdiivka, but their pressure is increasing every day. Rockets and bombs fly with high intensity. The fate of the city depends on the resources of the Armed Forces-without long-range ATACMS missiles and F-16 aircraft it is more difficult to keep the defense every day. The offensive of Russian troops on Avdiivka began on October 10.

Attacks on the city took place up to three battalions of survey, Vodyany, Sands, Kamenka and Novoselivka of the Second. Russian troops involved many tanks, BTR, BMP, as well as other armored vehicles, aviation and artillery. Deep state analysts indicated that the enemy was active on October 12 on Pervomaisky and North. The difficult situation was in the area of ​​Krasnogorivka, where the Russians reached the railway, but the Armed Forces did not allow them to fix themselves.

"For us this [offensive on Avdiivka] was not a surprise. We are always waiting for any development of events, but it was more cohesive and massive attack,"-commented Jacob Gandyuk Sergey Teshotsky. According to the military, only on October 10, his brigade destroyed two Russian T-72 tanks, eight BMP and one multi-purpose armored personnel carrier. 20 people were also eliminated and 40 were injured.

After the start of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, the invaders seized the heights around Avdiivka, and parts of the Armed Forces were within the reach of their drones, the military specified. In the construction of the Ukrainian General Staff, on the morning of October 13, it is said that enemy troops in the Avdiivsky direction do not stop unsuccessful attempts to break through the defense of the Armed Forces.

The Ukrainian army reflected more than 20 attacks in the districts of Avdiivka, Swallow, Tonny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky Donetsk region. In March, the UK's military intelligence compared the activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of Avdiivka with the situation in Bakhmut. Given the constant shelling, the analogy again makes sense.

According to the colonel of the reserve and expection of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladislav Seleznev, the difference lies in the main forces that have been stormed cities. Wagner PVC drove detachments of prisoners in Bakhmut, and under Avdiivka regular parts of the Army of Russia are fighting. Seleznev draws a parallel with the storm of Mariupol when the invaders fired in all areas, including transport units.

Industrial, social and transport infrastructure will be destroyed for the sake of taking the city under control, says the expert. It should be noted that on October 11, a powerful blow was struck on October 11. People's Deputy and ex-director of the Musa Mushammedov plant noted that the company was damaged by 6 rockets. "Undoubtedly, there [near Avdiivka] collected penalties" Storm-Z ", former" Wagner ", but their number is not decisive.

The powerful fortress of Avdiivka-protective structures and fortifications will become a problem for the enemy . . . Battles for the Avdiivsky industrial zone, ”says Focus Seleznyov. Ukrainian intelligence has identified the plans of the Russians in advance, so the artillerymen and operators of drones worked promptly. Serious losses in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were still on the approach to Ukrainian positions, the expert explained.

Further fighting depends on the resource capabilities of the Armed Forces: if they become smaller, you will have to go to defense. Moreover, the event has not yet put up the F-16 aircraft or F-16 aircraft, summed up Seleznyov. The combined use of artillery, rockets and aviation was both during the storming of Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

Currently, the enemy's live power and technique is destroyed by artillery with cassette ammunition, and drone operators receive an online picture of the battlefield, writes Defense Express. "Calculations of PTRCs that destroy armored vehicles on the approach are actively working. After which the Russian landing is without evacuating the wounded, it is trying to return to their positions on foot," the authors say. The frontal assault was the main trump card of the Wagnerians in Bakhmut's battles.

The tactics of the flanks were used in Soledar, says Focus a military expert, a major in the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Hetman. "To add the Armed Forces to the offensive actions near Avdiivka, it is necessary to take troops from other areas of the front. They can stop now, but then they will be killed by the Armed Forces. Said the expert. The danger to the city will increase if the army of the Russian Federation increases the forces and purposefully goes to the attack.