The United States CNN reported on February 18 that Russia has stepped up pressure on Ukraine after the flag-raising ceremony in Avdeyevka, Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces hastily evacuated the ruins of the 10-year-old city, and Russian flags appeared in Avdeyevka, in eastern Donetsk.
But the Ukrainian army is still under pressure on a number of fronts, which stretch 1,000 kilometers from the northern Russian border to the Black Sea.
* People may also be aware of the enemy's weakness. Ukraine's most elite army is exhausted after two years of war; Its armed forces were replaced by the new commander-in-chief of Alexander Syrsky; The Ukrainian army is running out of ammunition and cannot withstand continuous air strikes.
While Zelenskyy and his forces are committed to retaking all of the illegally occupied territory, Ukraine is currently unable to stop Russia from continuing to expand about 18% of Ukraine's territory.
Russia** Putin has publicly announced that he wants to occupy all the territory of Luhansk and Donetsk, but few people think that if he is given another chance, he will not go a step further.
The Russians began a decisive offensive last October, capturing Avdeyevka. However, they also launched similar attacks in **mut and Maryinka in Donetsk and are advancing towards Kupyansk in the north.
In Zaporizhzhia, sources from both Russia and Ukraine mentioned that Russian forces had massed a large number of forces in the area, a counterattack that Ukrainian forces had attempted last summer. According to some analysts, Russia has already amassed fifty thousand troops.
From the latest information of the Ukrainian army every day, we can see the number of ** used by the Russian army now. According to the command of the Ukrainian army, on the 17th alone, there were 82 battles between the two sides, "the enemy fired a total of 13 missiles, 104 air strikes, and carried out 169 multiple rocket launchers on Ukrainian army strongholds and residential areas." ”
The Ukrainian army held its line of defense in the Kharkov, Donetsk, Zaporozhye regions, and every day the words "repulsed", "stopped" appeared in daily reports.
Although we are concerned about Avdeyevka, in fact, there are fierce battles in the Liman-Kupyansk region and around **Mutt," Ivan Timochiko, chairman of the Ukrainian Reserve Military Committee, said on the 17th. The enemy has concentrated a large number of troops in the area of Lobodine, "which is also an important position on the Southern Front.
The Ukrainian army is trying to create a new line of defense, occupying the heights north of Avdeyevka. Analysts do not expect the Russian army to attack those places immediately, but it is quite possible that they will capture several remote villages.
For months, shelling and air strikes by Russian forces on Avdeyevka have destroyed almost all bunkers of the Ukrainian army. The same tactic, which the Russians used in the cities of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk, was to remove all obstacles, and it finally worked.
It is quite possible that the Russians, after capturing the ruins of the city of Avdeyevka, will send more troops to the city of Maryinka to support the city, which is already in ruins. Recently, the Russian army has made some new advances in the south of the city, so the Ukrainian defense line in Vuhledar has come under a lot of pressure.
In the south, the Russians have already made their first attempts at Ukrainian fortifications. According to the Ukrainian army, the Russian army has repeatedly tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian army, including an attack on the 17th, "30 pieces of equipment were dispatched, and a large number of enemy fighters", three ** tanks were destroyed, and dozens of people were killed.
But Russian military bloggers write about dissenting opinions. They say that two Russian infantry divisions have advanced 2 kilometers towards the village of Lobodine, which Ukrainian forces recaptured last year, and launched artillery fire and air strikes on Ukrainian defensive positions.
As in other areas, the number of 500-kilogram gliding bombs dropped here has also increased. Moreover, the forward units of the Ukrainian army have practically no defenses against fighters.