Ukrainian troops withdrew from the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdeyevka on February 17, CCTV news agency quoted Russian news agencies and Reuters as saying. Russia arrested several Ukrainian servicemen as Ukrainian troops retreated.
According to reports, in the early morning of February 17, the new commander of the Ukrainian army, Alexander Syrsky, issued a message announcing the resolution of the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Avdeyevka. The Ukrainian general in charge of this region, Alexandro Tarnavsky, said on a "telegram"**: "Having received the order, we immediately evacuated Avdeyevka and moved into the predetermined position. ”
The operation coincided with the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, and it was also the most symbolic battle since Russia's defeat in the Ukrainian counterattack last summer.
In Avdeyevka, a house in the city was destroyed during an attack on Donetsk, which was a local attack. Visualization of China.
The report says that this is the first important decision made by the new commander of the Ukrainian military, Syrsky, since taking office, and according to him, the move is aimed at "protecting" the lives of the fighters. Tarnavsky said that so that Ukrainian forces would not be besieged around the city.
The United States quoted Tarnavsky as saying that the Russian army carried out 20 air strikes and more than 150 artillery shell strikes in this area in 24 hours. "Only in this way can the enemy keep pushing on our corpses with ten times the amount of ammunition they have, and keep shelling them. Tanavsky also said that the Russian army "has a numerical superiority, an artillery superiority as well as an air superiority." ”
Avdeyevka is the largest city in eastern Ukraine, located more than 20 kilometers away from the Russian city of Donetsk, and is strategically located to protect the Ukrainian defensive front north of Donetsk. In recent weeks, Russian forces are said to have intensified their offensive on Avdeyevka. The United States led on February 17, and the people also paid a heavy price in this wave of attacks, but it was all "worth it".