The Russian Federation wants to persuade Ukraine to negotiate, putting on the table "environment" Avdiivka - an expert

Popovich noted that exacerbation is currently observed throughout the Eastern Front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are trying to move. "We see that exacerbation occurs on almost all the eastern part of the front, from Kupyansk and ending with the Donetsk arc. Obviously, the Russians want to achieve some advance because they expect that they will then be able to persuade the Ukrainian side to negotiate on their own freezing conditions. conflict.

They want to take the initiative and try to tint Ukraine in the negotiations on the wave of success, putting Avdiivka on the table. " - said the expert. According to Denis Popovich, despite the huge losses near Avdiivka, the enemy "will not stand for a price. " He stressed that the nature of fighting in Bakhmut and Avdiivka should not be compared, although there is a similarity. However, Bakhmut and Avdiivka are different things.

"As for Avdiivka, then, apparently, if last year we have talked a lot about the situation around Bakhmut, then Avdiivka will have enough for us for the whole winter, given how events unfold," the expert said. According to operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces as of 6:00 on October 26, in the Avdiivsky direction the enemy does not leave attempts to surround Avdiivka, actively uses aviation, but our soldiers are steadily holding defense and inflicting significant losses.

The offensive actions of the enemy in the areas of the Steppe, Avdiivka, the thin, Severny Donetsk region, where the defense forces were reflected 15 attacks of the enemy were unsuccessful. In addition, on October 26, Focus reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were massively spreading various military equipment and tanker trucks through Mariupol of Donetsk region.