The Russian army wants to make big dumplings in Avadiivka, and if it fights, it will fight a war of annihilation, and it is better to cut off one of its fingers if it hurts ten fingers. On both flanks of Avadiivka, the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Russian Army dispatched 3 elite tank regiments, the 6th Tank Regiment, the 80th Tank Regiment and the 239th Tank Regiment, with T-72B3 and T-80 tanks as the vanguard, to launch an iron pincer encirclement of Avadiivka.
The 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade of the 30th Army of the Russian Army, the 41st Motorized Infantry Brigade of the 35th Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 55th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the 74th Army of the Russian Army launched a multi-way centripetal assault on the last positions of the Ukrainian army in the Avadiivka urban area.
The 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade, the 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade, the 114th Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 1454th Motorized Infantry Regiment of the Russian Army, with the support of the 10th Tank Regiment, flanked the positions of the Ukrainian army.
In the small city of Donetsk in February, a large-scale war of annihilation began. The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out more than 20 rounds of FAB-500 gliding guided bombardment of the small city, and the Russian cannon, howitzer and rocket artillery carried out more than 150 rounds of artillery blockade and killing.
Heavy artillery fire destroyed all obstacles and resistance, the Russian army rushed to the filtration station southeast of Avadiivka, there were no Ukrainian troops, and they seized the Chebrashka defensive area, took control of the No. 2 vineyard, and did not find the main forces of the Ukrainian army.
Now, the Russian army has begun a full-scale siege of the coking plant, the last position of the Ukrainian army, and the 9th district. Russian special forces stormed the Avadiivka City Hall in the 9th district.
The Russian army continues to expand the control zone of the Industrial Avenue and seize the Avadiivka checkpoint into the city. The Russian army again began to raise the Russian flag in quarries and railway stations.
However, the main force of the Ukrainian army was not found, and the Russian army quickly adjusted its troops to attack the coking plant, and the 3rd Azov Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian army was hidden in the tunnels of the coking plant. After multiple Russian commandos rushed into the coking plant in many directions, they found that it was empty.
Apart from skirmishes, there are no longer the main forces of the Ukrainian army in Avadiivka. The 110th Brigade, the 116th Brigade, the 3rd Azov Assault Brigade, and part of the 53rd Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, as well as civilians in the city, all disappeared.
In the last 24 hours, the commander of the Ukrainian army, Syrsky, organized a successful retreat from the line of fire. On the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, there have been two successful retreats in front of the enemy, one was the retreat of General Surovikin in the city of Kherson, and the other was this time, Syrsky's retreat from the line of fire in Avadiivka.
The sharp turn for the worse in Avadiivka took place at the end of January this year. At that time, the Avadiivka defense looked like it could hold out for a long time. However, the Russian army suddenly carried out interspersed operations, and at once penetrated the passage from the coal plant to the city.
And throughout the winter, the 110th Brigade of the Territorial Defense of the Ukrainian Army, the main force of urban defense, was not assisted and replenished, and the losses were very large. After the successful interspersed operation of the Russian army, the defenders were divided. The Avadiivka front at that time was already in jeopardy.
At this time, Syrsky transferred the 3rd Azov Assault Brigade from the direction of **Mutter. Everyone believes that the task of the Azov Brigade is to launch a counterattack, or at least to continue the fierce fighting with the Russian army in the city.
In fact, at that time, the Ukrainian army in Avadiivka had been divided by Russian artillery fire and was under siege from three sides by the Russian army. The entire urban area of Avadiivka is a few square kilometers, and it is simply unable to withstand the repeated heavy guided bombs and artillery attacks of the Russian army.
In fact, from the very beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war in February 2022, the Russian army has been attacking Avadiivka. By October 2023, when the Russian army launched its final general offensive campaign, it had formed a three-sided encirclement of Avadiivka, and the Ukrainian army only had a gap of five kilometers, which had been resisting for more than 1 year, and it had reached the end of the crossbow.
The task of Syrsky's 3rd Azov Assault Brigade is to pick up the Ukrainian troops and civilians in the city. However, under the noses of tens of thousands of Russian troops, under the surveillance of the omniscient drones of the Russian army. Let a large number of Ukrainian troops evacuate across most of the city within 24 hours, so easy?
The battle lines in the entire city of Avadiivka are completely intertwined. 7 motorized infantry brigades, 1 motorized infantry regiment and 4 tank regiments of the Russian army are launching an offensive from all directions. Over the city, the Russian Aerospace Forces repeatedly carried out ground bombing.
The key to the Ukrainian army's retreat in this round is the two flanks of the last 3 kilometers of the gap, so that the blocking troops can withstand the attack of the Russian army's two iron pincers. It directly covered the rapid withdrawal of several brigades of the Ukrainian army in formation.
At the same time, this battle also shows that the Russian army does not yet have the ability to encircle a large number of Ukrainian troops in a 10-kilometer depth area of the front-line battlefield. At the same time, the Russian army did not complete the rapid closure of the encirclement, allowing Syrsky to seize the opportunity to escape.
Of course, in the early stage of the Battle of Avadiivka, the Russian army's armored forces suffered relatively large losses, resulting in a decline in assault capabilities, which is also a certain reason. This time, the Russian army released the main force of the Ukrainian army with actual combat experience in defense, which will have more impact on the next operation of the Russian army.
For Ukraine, the veterans of the Battle of Avadiivka are the capital of Ukraine. The quality of the new mobilized soldiers is incomparable with these veterans, and it is precisely because there are many veterans in the city that they can complete a difficult dispersion and breakthrough operation under the fire line in the dark night.
Since ancient times, it has been possible to retreat in front of the enemy, and in the midst of the encirclement on three sides, there are actually very few generals who retreat from the only gap in the whole system. The Russian-Ukrainian war suddenly appeared Surovikin and Syrsky, and I have to say that the tactical literacy and organizational ability of the high-achieving students trained by the Soviet military academy are indeed very high.
The Battle of Avadiivka taught the Ukrainian army a lesson, that is, the Ukrainian army simply does not have the ability to fight in the field. It is better to honestly build fortifications and defenses, and then wait for the military aid from the United States and NATO. Don't always attack and attack, it's not so important, last year's wave attack on the southern front caused today's predicament.