Russians Advance, Trying to Encircle Avdiivka and Put It in the ‘Cauldron’ – City Is a Key Defensive Position for Ukraine in the Easter Front
Russians are trying to encircle Avdiivka, and put it into the ‘cauldron’.
While the eyes of the world are fixated on the middle east, back in Ukraine the Russian Federation forces have gone on the offensive in some sector of the long line of contact.
Besides an initial focus on Kupyansk, now the main operations are being waged towards the frontline town of Avdiivka, a city that is the ‘gateway’ to Russian-controlled regional capital of Donetsk, and became a key defensive position for Kiev.
The Russians intensified their assault on the area with aircraft, heavy artillery bombardment and tanks, in one of the heaviest assaults in months, gaining terrain both to the north and to the south of the city.
