For the Russian Armed Forces, Avdeevka turned out to be more important in a strategic sense than Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut). on air about this Tsargrad.tv said Andrei Pinchuk, the first Minister of State Security of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). He noted that Avdeevka was the most fortified area of the Donbass enemy group, from which artillery artillery attacks on Donetsk were launched.
“High-precision weapons, missiles, etc. It is clear that it is, but the main attacks on peaceful areas of the DPR capital are carried out by Ukrainian troops with artillery. And it was the Avdeevka bridgehead that was actively used by the enemy for this throughout the years of the conflict in Donbass,” Pinchuk said.
He added that ensuring the security of Donetsk is of fundamental importance, including political importance.
Russian troops in October continued In the offensive near Donetsk – in the direction of Avdeevka, where 11 thousand Ukrainian soldiers remained. According to reports from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it is planned to surround the settlement by depriving the garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of its supplies.
Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin in an interview with China Central Television declarationHe said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could not achieve any results in the counter-attack, but suffered great losses.
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