“The advance of Russian forces west of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region has accelerated over the past week. Russian ground forces have created a narrow bulge deeper into Ukrainian territory to enter the town of Ocheretin, located approximately 15 km north of the center of Avdiivka,” according to information published by the British Ministry of Defense on microblogging site “X”.
Since Russian ground forces took control of Avdiyivka in mid-February 2024, the area has become one of Russia’s main areas of operations, intelligence officials said.
“Despite the fact that Russian ground forces continue to suffer heavy losses, it is likely that they are still able to continuously attack Ukrainian positions in the area and have taken control of several small settlements,” according to military intelligence.
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Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked large-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, the Kremlin’s propaganda brazenly promised to capture Kyiv in three days, but the selfless and strong resistance of the Ukrainians prevented the Kremlin from realizing its plans.
After failures, the Kremlin withdrew the army from the Kyiv region, but in the fall of 2022, as a result of a successful counteroffensive, Ukraine managed to drive out the occupation forces from the Kharkiv region and the city of Kherson. In the summer of 2023, Ukraine launched a new counteroffensive, but it was unsuccessful.
On the other hand, in 2024, due to the lack of weapons, Ukraine mostly has to defend itself against Russian attacks, although the Ukrainian leadership emphasizes that it has not given up on the goal of expelling the occupation forces from the entire territory of Ukraine.
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