Deputy Brigade Commander of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade Maxim Zorin said that the situation near Avdiivka is very difficult. According to him, the Russian army is continuing active offensive operations - day and night.
The main direction of pressure now exerted by the occupiers is the line of settlements of Berdich-Orlivka, and there are also very active fighting in the Kra** Horivka area. The enemy is trying to gain a foothold in the occupied territories with a large number of infantry, "he wrote.
At the same time, the 3rd Assault Brigade and a number of other Ukrainian units are not just passive defenses, they often carry out counterattacks by surprise, Zorin noted.
The area with the most intense fighting on the front was Avdiivka, where our defenders repelled 19 enemy attacks in the area of the settlements of Berdich, Orlivka, Pivnichne, Pervomaisk, Donetsk Oblast, and the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops on all fronts a total of 25 times".
Maksym Zhorin said that in Avdiivka the tasks of his troops have changed several times. Because the situation there is always a very strong and dynamic change. In urban battles, they simultaneously take positions and conduct raid-search operations in order to destroy the enemy.