Russia continues its offensive against Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Avdiivka despite suffering heavy losses in the area.
Located on the eastern front line, Avdiivka has been under Russian fire since October 10, but the attack has come at a heavy price for Moscow’s troops, with the Ukrainian Defence Ministry recently claiming the assault on the city has contributed to a “90 per cent increase in Russian casualties”.
In a recent assessment of the ongoing war in Ukraine, US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported the spokesperson for the Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces, Colonel Oleksandr Shtupun, stating that the Russian military is “deploying personnel from Russian territory directly to the Avdiivka direction to replace personnel losses”, a sign Russia is not planning to abandon this difficult operation.
While last week the Russian operations in Avdiivka appeared to be fizzling out, the renewed offensive push has helped Russia make small gains in the northeast.
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