Putin’s 10th Tank Regiment has likely lost “many” of its armoured vehicles in a series of disastrous setbacks. Russia has been focusing on a mission to surround Avdiivka, a town in the Donetsk Oblast according to the latest Ministry of Defence intelligence briefing. The latest update from the MoD suggested despite the consistent effort by the Russian military, their progress has been minimal and they have suffered heavy losses in armoured vehicles.
The MoD noted that the 10th Tank Regiment, which is a part of Russia’s 3rd Army Corps, has likely lost many of its tanks while trying to encircle Avdiivka from the south.
Meanwhile, the briefing on Tuesday added that the 3rd Army Corps has reportedly faced problems with “discipline and morale”.
The MoD update read: “Russia has been focusing on a mission to surround Avdiivka, a town in the Donetsk Oblast, but their progress has been minimal and they have suffered heavy losses in armoured vehicles.
“The 10th Tank Regiment, which is a part of Russia’s 3rd Army Corps, has likely lost many of its tanks while trying to encircle Avdiivka from the south.
“The 3rd Army Corps has faced problems with discipline and morale, despite a training period in Belarus, which has affected their combat effectiveness.
“The losses of the 10th Tank Regiment can be attributed to poorly planned frontal assaults, similar to those seen in other failed Russian armoured attacks in recent times, such as in the Vuhledar area.”
Two people were killed and 29 wounded Monday when Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, in the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region, local officials said.
Video footage of the aftermath showed damaged residential buildings, debris in the streets and vehicles on fire.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as “terrorism.”
Russia has denied targeting residential areas even though artillery and rocket strikes have hit Ukrainian apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure daily during the war.
The Sloviansk attack followed a typical pattern of long-range shelling adopted by the Kremlin’s forces, especially in recent months as the fighting became deadlocked during the bitterly cold winter months.
Two people were killed and 29 wounded Monday when Russian forces shelled In the eastern Donetsk region, some 10 cities and villages were shelled by Russian forces over the previous 24 hours, Ukraine’s presidential office reported Monday.
On Monday morning, Russian missiles hit the city of Avdiivka, damaging residential buildings, a hotel and a courthouse, it said.
Avdiivka Mayor Vitali Barabash said utility companies are being evacuated from the frontline city, as it “resembles more and more a landscape from post-apocalyptic movies.”
Attacks also intensified in the partially occupied southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, where 14 settlements on the front line were shelled, authorities said.
In the partially occupied Kherson region, the Ukrainian-controlled part of the province was shelled 20 times by the Russian artillery and aviation, wounding four people, the presidential office said.
