"The new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, on February 14, visited the troops holding in the Avdiivka and Kupyansk directions. Soon, the Russians will feel the results of this visit".
This was stated by the spokesman for the Strategic Forces of Ukraine Yevrash in a comment on an interview with Channel 24. "Intensive work has begun, the commander-in-chief arrives at the front," he said. He served as the commander of the joint forces operation, and this visit will have a positive impact on the Ukrainian forces and will have a negative impact on the enemy".
He said that now the intensity of the offensive actions of the enemy troops on the Avdiivka front has increased significantly. There, the enemy is throwing in large reserves, but the Ukrainian defenders are determined to continue inflicting huge losses on the Russians. As a fortress city operated by the Ukrainian army for many years, the Ukrainian army has a high exchange ratio of fighting here, reaching 30:1 when exaggerated.
Over the past day, our defenders eliminated a lot of enemy forces and equipment, among which 224 occupiers**, 128 pieces of enemy equipment, including 78 different types of drones, were destroyed," said Yevlash.
The losses of the Russians also included Strela-10 air defense systems, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, guns and mortars, trench electronic warfare installations, ** monitoring stations, three ammunition depots and another 17 shelters.
Ukraine's new commander-in-chief, Syrsky, once commanded the defense of **Mutt, although he eventually evacuated the city, he still stayed on the outskirts, and caused heavy casualties to the Russian army, forcing Prigozhin to lead the Wagner rebellion. This time, Syrsky will take advantage of Avdiivka's location to bleed the Russian army again.
Zaluzhny did not support holding on to the **mut when he was commander-in-chief, while Syrsky could command less than a third of the Ukrainian army with limited resources. Now that Syrsky has overall command, it is likely that he will not only continue to bleed the Russian army, but also hold Avdiivka, so that Putin's dream of ** gift will be shattered. We'll have to wait and see.