Washington Post: Ukrainian military began partial withdrawal of troops from Avdiivka

Washington Post: Ukrainian military began partial withdrawal of troops from Avdiivka

The Washington Post writes about this with reference to comments from military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Thus, an Alpha drone pilot in Avdiivka with the call sign “Vitamin” told the publication that the Russians would try to surround the Avdiivka coke plant, which has become the main base of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city.

“Storming a coke plant would be very difficult and probably makes no sense. They’ll try to get around him and surround him, and that’s it. Our forces will be forced to retreat,” Vitamin said.

According to him, the Russians “are now trying to put pressure on the right flank of the coke plant, and they are succeeding.”

Capturing Avdiivka would mark Moscow’s most significant military victory since the failure of a Ukrainian counteroffensive last year - and would be the clearest sign yet that Russian forces are regaining the initiative as Kyiv lacks soldiers, weapons, ammunition, morale and money. the publication says.

However, although, according to the publication, “a complete withdrawal of troops from Avdiivka now seems likely,” WP notes that during its journalists’ trip to the city, “fresh forces from the assault brigades were deployed there to help repel Russian attacks and continue the defense of Avdiivka.” .

Earlier, Russian military publics announced the capture of the "Zenit" fortified area south of Avdiivka.