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| Russians are trying to storm in the direction of Lastochkino |
| 2024-02-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] The enemy continues assault operations further west of Avdievka, despite the fact that during the four months of the Avdievka operation, the total losses of Russians amounted to more than 47,000. The Russian military is regrouping after the Avdievka operation and, with the support of aviation, is trying to continue assault operations further west of Avdievka in the direction of Lastochkino. This was announced by the head of the public relations department of the Tavria Operational-Strategic Group of Troops, Dmitry Likhovy, during a telethon, Ukrinform reports. According to him, the enemy continues assault operations further west of Avdievka, despite the fact that during the four months of the Avdievka operation, the total losses of Russians amounted to more than 47,000. “Unfortunately, the Russians have certain reserves and they are regrouping after this operation, bringing in new resources - completely different units, and with the support of aviation they are trying to continue assault operations further west of Avdievka in the direction of Lastochkino and neighboring settlements,” the speaker said. He noted that Ukrainian troops are strengthening their layered defense, being reinforced with additional units, and creating new firing positions. “That is, it is not just that the enemy, on the back of the retreat from Avdiivka, is trying to build on his successes, and he succeeds. There are difficult battles there. The positions are restored by our troops, the enemy is captured, and this indicates that certain things are happening there military clashes. And the circumstances there are such that Russian offensive actions are taking place in small assault groups with the support of a small number of armored vehicles,” Likhovy said. He added that the Russian Federation is trying to attack, but it has few resources for this. Over the past 24 hours, in the Tauride direction, the Ukrainian military destroyed and neutralized 328 Russian drones. “In our direction, the entire OVSU Tavria, over the past 24 hours, 515 Russians were destroyed or otherwise incapacitated.Six artillery systems, four tanks, 14 armored vehicles, one MLRS, one anti-missile missile system, 20 vehicles, five ammunition depots were also destroyed or damaged, and 328 UAVs were neutralized or damaged,” said Likhovy. According to him, among the destroyed Russian equipment were three ATVs, as well as an 152mm 2S19 MSTA-S self-propelled gun and a 100mm Rapier cannon. According to the Tavria OSUV, 10 Russians were captured in the Avdeevsky direction over the past 24 hours. “If we talk about the past 24 hours, it should be noted that out of the entire operational zone of the Tavria OSUV, it is in the Donetsk region, that is, in the Maryinsky and Avdeevsky directions, that the majority of air, artillery and kamikaze drone strikes occur. At the same time, the situation is dynamic in Avdeevsky, and in the Maryinsky directions. Our soldiers restored several positions yesterday, and it was in the Avdeevsky direction that more than 10 Russians surrendered to our military or were captured," Likhovy noted. He also informed that on February 22 at 18:00 in the Maryinsky direction, the Russian Federation tried 31 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops. In the Avdeevsky direction on Thursday by 18:00, Ukrainian defenders repulsed 7 Russian attacks. |
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