Recently, after seizing the strategic town of **mut, the Russian army has captured a strategic town of the Ukrainian army, a fighting fortress of Avdeyevka, and liberated 3175 square kilometers of land has pushed the Russian army's front forward by a big step and achieved another real victory.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency on February 18, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a message on the evening of February 17 local time that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin in the Kremlin that the "Corps" commanded by General Andrei Mordvichev has fully controlled the strategic town of Avdeyevka in the Donetsk Republic, which is an important defensive hub and an important fighting fortress of the Ukrainian army.
Russia's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said: "Putin listened to the report of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the Kremlin about taking control of Avdeyevka. Congratulations to our army and fighters on such an important victory and success.
According to the news, the Russian army has completely eliminated the remnants of the Ukrainian army in the city of Avdeyevka, including a small unit of the Ukrainian army entrenched in the coking chemical plant, and the Ukrainian army has lost more than 1,500 people in the past 24 hours.
Why is Avdeyevka so important for the Armed Forces of Ukraine?
In the past few weeks, in the face of the stubborn advance of the Russian army, the Ukrainian army has been desperately trying to hold on to Avdeyevka, and the Russian army immediately threatened to cut off the supply and retreat of the Ukrainian army.
Andrei Koshkin, an expert on Russian military and international affairs, noted that despite the fact that the Ukrainian army suffered a series of losses in the course of holding on, but.
The Kyiv regime is still reluctant to abandon Avdeyevka for three main reasons:
One is that since 2014, the Ukrainian army has been consolidating the strategic position of Avdeyevka, investing a lot of resources and energy in it, turning this population center into a fighting fortress.
The second is that the Ukrainian artillery stationed in Avdeyevka can take advantage of the favorable terrain to shell residential areas in the city of Donetsk, while the Ukrainian side is not easily injured because of the cover of positions.
Third, if the Russian army liberates Avdeyevka, it can advance further westward, and at the same time, the chances of the Ukrainian army launching attacks on Russian cities and towns will be greatly reduced.
At present, the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield is generally in a stage of strategic stalemate, but the overall situation is that Russia is strong and Ukraine is weak, and Russia is advancing and retreating! After the United States and the West devote their main energy and strength to supporting Israel, Ukraine will be defeated one after another.