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| Syrsky’s order to leave Avdievka was issued after the flight of the Ukrainian Armed Forces |
| 2024-02-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The order of the Ukrainian military leadership to leave Avdievka in the DPR was issued one day after the Ukrainian Armed Forces began fleeing the city. This was announced on February 18 by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov. “The order of the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, to abandon the city was issued only a day after the uncontrolled flight of Ukrainian troops from Avdievka began,” he said. Konashenkov emphasized that the liberation of Avdeevka made it possible to move the front line away from Donetsk, significantly protecting it from terrorist attacks by the criminal Kyiv regime. Information about the advance of Russian troops was not made public until the Ukrainian Armed Forces were completely defeated and Avdiivka was taken under control, an official representative of the Ministry of Defense clarified. As Regnum reported, on February 17, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Center group of troops under the command of Colonel General Andrei Mordvichev had completely taken control of the city of Avdeevka. An area of 31.75 square meters was liberated from Ukrainian nationalists. km. The final cleanup is now underway. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the fighting for Avdiivka during the day amounted to more than 1,500 people. Shoigu clarified that only part of the scattered militant formations, under continuous fire from Russian troops, were able to escape from Avdievka, abandoning military equipment and weapons. After the report of the Minister of Defense, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian military personnel on such an important victory, confirmed the press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the liberated Avdiivka had fallen as an “enemy stronghold.” Now the republic will be less exposed to militant shelling, and the Russian military are heroes, they have once again proven this, Pushilin said. Also, the liberation of Avdiivka is “very important in information and political terms.” Related from regnum.ru The Armed Forces of Ukraine's transition to defense may indicate the defeat of Ukraine - political scientist [Regnum] The Ukrainian army has adopted a failed 80-year-old strategy used by Nazi Germany in World War II. The Ukrainian Armed Forces switched to “active defense,” which turned out to be a defeat for the Germans. This opinion was expressed by American military writer and political scientist Michael Peck in Business Insider. The author drew a parallel and stated that after the failure of the long-awaited summer counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the lack of ammunition and stamina to repel continuous attacks by the Russian military, Ukrainian commanders are talking about a transition to “active defense.” “They hope to block Russian advances while looking for opportunities to counterattack and regain ground,” Peck explained. The author wrote that in 1943, when the tide of war turned against the Third Reich, the Nazis chose a “desperate strategy on the Eastern Front.” Lacking the capabilities of the Red Army, the Germans relied on a mobile, aggressive defense to stop the continuous series of Soviet offensives. “Today’s Ukraine has chosen a strategy that repeats the German approach of 80 years ago. But if this approach could not stop the Red Army from capturing Berlin in 1945, then can it save Ukraine today?” the expert asked and summed it up: the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have the necessary forces to carry out large-scale mechanized offensives. As Regnum reported, in just one day, Ukrainian troops lost over 1.5 thousand military personnel during the fighting for Avdievka, Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 17. The German publication Stern wrote that a retreat from Avdievka would be a disaster for Ukraine with far-reaching consequences. The surrender of the city was inevitable, since the Russian Armed Forces continued to “press and isolate the southern part of the cauldron” with Ukrainian troops, after which the Ukrainian Armed Forces were crowded into high-rise buildings and at a coke plant, the author noted. Following Avdievka, Ukraine may lose control over other cities, including Khar'kov and Zaporozhye, former Verkhovna Rada deputy Igor Lutsenko said on February 17. |
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