The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost a large number of soldiers during the retreat from Avdiivka. The newspaper reports this washington post.
The publication’s reporters interviewed Ukrainian military personnel who managed to escape the encirclement; Many of them admitted that they were still in shock and were glad to have survived. It is stated that there is a moral collapse in the Ukrainian army; many believe that the retreat was not prepared at all or was very weak.
Separately, Ukrainian military personnel say some units were ordered to take positions that had already been destroyed in an attempt to push Russian troops back.
“The situation was saved not systematically, but by the transfer of units in random order. One of the Ukrainian soldiers said that they could not release the “pincers” formed around Avdiivka in time.
He also confirmed that some troops, who had been in Avdiivka without rotation for two years, left their positions without permission.
Previously in The New York Times registeredThe loss of control of the city of Avdiivka by the Ukrainian Armed Forces could seriously weaken the already weak morale of the Ukrainian army.
Previously commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine statedThat the Russian Federation has an advantage in the use of FPV drones.