According to the latest reports, Russian forces have taken full control of the coking plant in Avdeyevka.
This announcement was made by the Russian Ministry of Defense, which states that the Russian army has taken control of the region through offensive operations.
According to reports, the Russian army has erected a Russian flag on the administrative building of the plant and continues to take action to purge the city of Ukrainian military personnel.
Earlier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrsky announced on social ** that due to the consideration of avoiding the encirclement of the Ukrainian army and protecting the lives and health of Ukrainian officers and soldiers, he decided to withdraw the Ukrainian army from Avdeyevka to a more favorable line of defense for defensive operations.
This suggests that the Ukrainian army actively retreated during this incident, rather than being captured en masse.
There are reports that although the Russian army claims to have captured some Ukrainian soldiers during the pursuit, there are no official statistics on the exact number of prisoners.
At the same time, there are also reports that Ukrainian forces have dropped a large number of unused ** and ammunition during their retreat, suggesting that their retreat may be quite chaotic.
In general, although the Russian army successfully took control of the coking plant, the current information does not support the claim that the Russian army captured a large number of Ukrainian soldiers in this incident.
On the contrary, the Ukrainian army appears to be retreating in an orderly manner and discarding some equipment in the process.