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| Ukrainian Armed Forces named the losses of Russians in Avdievka | |
| 2024-02-18 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] Russia lost 47,000 people during the capture of Avdievka On Saturday, the Ukrainian military said it was withdrawing troops from Avdievka to save lives. Russian troops lost at least 17,000 soldiers and officers during the offensive on Avdievka, Donetsk region. This was stated on Saturday, February 17, by Dmitry Likhovoy, a representative of the operational-strategic group of troops of Tavria, writes the Air Force. “During the capture of Avdievka, 17,000 Russian servicemen were killed,” said a representative of the Tavria operational-strategic group of troops. According to him, in total, the occupying forces lost at least 47,000 people in the battles for Avdievka in the Donetsk region.
Russian forces have attempted to capture Avdievka numerous times since the start of a full-scale invasion in February 2022. A large-scale offensive against it has been going on since the fall of 2023. Ukrainian defenders held the city until the last. Avdievka is a small industrial city near Donetsk, captured by pro-Russian separatists with the support of Russian troops almost 10 years ago - in the spring of 2014. All these years, Avdievka was held by Ukrainian troops, who built powerful defensive fortifications. Despite the proximity to the conflict line, by the beginning of a full-scale war the city was developing and growing economically. Let us remind you that on the night of February 17 it became known that units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had left Avdievka. This happened after several months of continuous assaults by the Russian aggressors, who lost tens of thousands of military personnel and hundreds of pieces of equipment in the battles for the city. | |
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