{"id":21333,"date":"2023-11-27T05:46:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T05:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=21333"},"modified":"2023-11-27T05:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T05:46:50","slug":"siege-of-avdiivka-watch-russian-tank-forces-kievs-troops-to-retreat-female-ukrainian-soldier-terrified-in-the-trenches-moscow-now-also-blasting-cluster-munition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=21333","title":{"rendered":"Siege of Avdiivka \u2013 WATCH: Russian Tank Forces Kiev\u2019s Troops to Retreat \u2013 Female Ukrainian Soldier Terrified in the Trenches \u2013 Moscow Now Also Blasting Cluster Munitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Siege of Avdiivka<\/a> started, I wrote that, according to what we learned about the similar sieges of Mariupol and Bakhmut, we could expect three things:<\/p>\n

First of all \u2013 advances will probably be slow.<\/p>\n

The second important lesson from past sieges in this war has to do with the coverage by the MSM.<\/p>\n

Ukrainians always win \u2013 in the MSM headlines.<\/p>\n

All the time, it is stressed in their how horribly failing the Russians are, how they don\u2019t have a chance, while papers sing praises for the impenetrable Ukrainian defenses.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Russians will be losing the war in the headlines but winning in the ground, until they finally take the city.<\/p>\n

The 3rd feature is: when Russians do, a key defensive bastion like Avdiivka will be rebranded as a minor non-strategic place.<\/p>\n

But if we dig a bit, it\u2019s easy to find good information.<\/p>\n

For example, Ukrainian soldiers now say that they fear losing a \u2018war of exhaustion\u2019 [attrition] against\u00a0Russia\u00a0\u2018as Kyiv struggles to replenish its\u00a0battle-weary forces\u2019.<\/p>\n

Telegraph<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201cUnits on the front lines are commonly 20 to 40 per cent below strength as\u00a0<\/em>Ukraine<\/em>\u00a0counts the costs of its summer\u00a0counter-offensive, a retired Ukrainian lieutenant general told [the media].\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It was hoped that the \u2018Nato-trained brigades\u00a0equipped with Western tanks\u2019\u00a0would liberate vast amount of territory occupied by Russia as part of the much-hyped counteroffensive.<\/p>\n

But in reality, Ukrainian troops \u2018battered and bruised\u2019 Russian forces, but the heavily fortified front lines barely moved in\u00a0months of brutal fighting.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Private] Bohdan Lysenko, of Ukraine\u2019s 47th Brigade: \u2018We don\u2019t have a chance playing [a] war of exhaustion with Russia. We need a fundamental change in our army\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Lysenko\u2019s unit is defending the town of Avdiivka, in Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donetsk region, with only 20 men. The company began the summer with 120 men, many of whom are now dead, wounded or have been transferred away from the front line.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Among the 20 remaining troops, several are replacement soldiers, many more than 40 years old, and even women.<\/p>\n

Avdiivka, 16 miles from the Russian city of Donetsk, is now heavily surrounded to the north, east and south.<\/p>\n

\u201cUkraine\u2019s ranks, once made up of highly motivated volunteers, are now being bolstered by briefly trained conscripts. Many of the losses are blamed on Soviet-trained commanders whose rigid tactics have not allowed those forces with Western training to flourish on the battlefield.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

WATCH: Ukrainian soldiers from the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in a trench, surrounded by Russian troops. A woman soldier\u2019s helmet cam records the development of events.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

But today, Russia made major significant advancements here, as it\u2019s confirmed \u2018a major, total overrun of Ukrainian positions in the Vinograd\u2019 and Industrial sectors of southeast Avdiivka.<\/p>\n

Analyst and news aggregator Simplicius the Thinker<\/a> wrote on Substack:<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the exact details are yet to be fully ironed out, like which specific areas are gray zone versus total RF consolidation. However, we have video confirmations of Ukrainian troops retreating up Yasynovsky Lane. This is being hailed as a particular triumph for the troops on the ground because, for the ones who\u2019ve been there since the beginning, the industrial sector was considered one of the most heavily fortified areas that have withstood their assaults for going on a decade.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

WATCH: FPV drone hit a Ukrainian trench.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

This is relevant, because since 2014, the industrial zone had been under the fortified control of Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne analyst said that Avdiivka will likely fall the same way as Bakhmut, i.e. not from the full closure of its cauldron but rather step by step, building by building, urban city fighting.<\/em><\/p>\n

This may strike some as counterintuitive or outright perplexing, and it\u2019s something I\u2019ve treated long ago during the Bakhmut battles. But the fact is that assault troops usually find it much easier to fight in urban environments than the type of wide open fields necessary to \u2018close the cauldron\u2019. In those fields, just like in the open steppe between Klescheyevka and Ivanovske near Bakhmut, where Wagner had a lot of trouble and countless deaths, soldiers are extremely susceptible to drone surveillance and coming under various targeted fires.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

WATCH: Russian tanks wreak havoc on Ukrainian positions. At the end, we see a column of Kiev\u2019s troops withdrawing from the last edge of the industrial zone:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

In an urban setting you advance behind cover \u2013 in a field, you don\u2019t have that luxury.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo with that said, there\u2019s now reports that Russian forces have in fact begun entering and lodging themselves into the Coke Plant. <\/em><\/p>\n

[\u2026] Only thing I can say is that it was already nearly a week ago that 100% video confirmation showed Russian troops lodged right at the gate at that northeastern tip. So it is believable that they\u2019ve finally managed to breach into the gates and establish themselves perhaps in the first few buildings in that quarter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

WATCH: Ukrainian positions obliterated by cluster munitions bombing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The industrial zone, under the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2014, is only a small part of the territories that still have to be liberated.<\/p>\n

Ahead is the liberation of the residential sector of Avdiivka and the battle for coke plant.<\/p>\n

What is currently known about the storming of Avdiivka Coke: an analysis of the Military Chronicle<\/a> Channel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe primary challenge is the extensive area. Avdiivka Coke Plant spans 325-340 hectares with over 200 buildings, where the AFU has accumulated ammunition, equipment, and military gear over an extended period. Some buildings are mined or fortified. This factor will also be significant if the decision is made to block rather than storm the plant\u2019s territory.<\/em><\/p>\n

Moreover, the coke chemical plant constitutes a complex engineering structure. The territory, including underground passages, allows for covert movement, ambushes, and the setting of traps. Clearing this territory will demand considerable effort and time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Siege of Avdiivka: Russian Forces Cut All the Supply and Reinforcement Routes for the Ukrainians, in a Move to Encircle the City<\/a><\/p>\n\n

The post Siege of Avdiivka \u2013 WATCH: Russian Tank Forces Kiev\u2019s Troops to Retreat \u2013 Female Ukrainian Soldier Terrified in the Trenches \u2013 Moscow Now Also Blasting Cluster Munitions<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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