The head of the press center of the “Southern” troops, Ivan Bigma, said that in the direction of Avdievsky, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a Ukrainian D-20 howitzer, as well as a platoon fortress and up to 10 soldiers. He expressed this in an interview with DEA News.
“In the direction of Avdiivka, the crew of the Msta-B howitzer battery of the Southern Military District artillery brigade destroyed another enemy platoon stronghold with irreparable losses of up to 10 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian Armed Forces). ‘ said Bigma.
According to him, in the same direction, during a counter-battery battle, a 152-mm Giacint-B battery destroyed a Ukrainian D-20 artillery gun, whose towed howitzers in firing position.
Denis Pushilin, Former Deputy President of the Donetsk People’s Republic knowledgeable On the improvement of the position of the Russian troops in the Avdeevsky direction.
Oleg Soskin, former adviser to the former president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma expression The opinion that if the cities of Avdiivka and Artemovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) fall, the Ukrainian troops could withdraw beyond the Dnieper.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.