Donetsk Front: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation decided to attack Avdiivka "In the forehead" - isw (video)

This is stated in the next report of the Institute of War Study (ISW). Military experts say that Russian troops intend to fold Avdiivka to the front after they have been able to temporarily displace the Ukrainian forces from the standpoint around Butovsky coal mine, which since 2015 have been created as the nearest outpost near Donetsk.

In addition, to the west of Avdiivka, occupation troops continue their offensive on the sands, where they will try to control the highway E50 between the two settlements. Analysts also report that the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the so-called DNR police tried to break through the defense of the Armed Forces near the northeastern outskirts of Avdiivka, but in a few months they could not make significant progress.

According to the Armed Forces General Staff, the enemy continues the shelling of Avdiivka in order to improve his tactical position. "In the Avdeevsky direction, the enemy fired at the Avdiivka area. He tried to improve the tactical position, to no avail, retreating with losses," - said in the summary of the General Staff of August 3.

The President of Ukraine and the Supreme Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized the activity of hostilities in the Avdiivka and Sand in the next video. "Indeed, we have not yet been able to completely break the superiority of the Russian army in artillery and live power, and it is very felt in the battles, especially in the Donbass - Sands, Avdiivka, other directions. There is just hell. In words it is not even described," Zelensky said . .

The head of state expressed gratitude to the Ukrainian defenders who would oppose the enemy, despite his fire preference in this direction. We will remind, in the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that as of August 2 in the Avdeevsky direction, fighting in the area of ​​Netaylovy and New York, as well as directly near Avdiivka, continued. The enemy with the support of aviation made a storm of defense positions of the Armed Forces, but to no avail.