kyiv announces massive Russian casualties in Avdivka, eastern Ukraine

Nearly 900 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in recent hours on the Avdivka front in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian troops also destroyed or damaged around fifty tanks and more than a hundred armored vehicles, according to the report provided today by the Kiev General Staff.

These Russian casualties were recorded on the same day that the head of the Ukrainian Army, Valeri Zaluzhni, visited the Ukrainian troops in the area: “Despite everything, our soldiers continue to repel attacks heroically, destroying personnel and equipment of the enemy,” Zaluzhni said during his meeting with the military.

“Avdivka axis: the enemy has resumed its advances and continues to try to surround (the town of) Avdivka,” reads the report on the situation in this area of ​​​​the front of the Donetsk province, in which Russia has intensified the intensity of its operations. his attacks in recent weeks.
Russia tries to regain the initiative on the front

According to the Ukrainian General Staff, kyiv’s troops defending the area manage to repel enemy attacks while inflicting “numerous casualties” on the Russian ranks.

“During October 19, enemy losses rose to more than 900 occupants killed or wounded; “Almost 50 tanks and more than 100 armored vehicles of the adversary were destroyed or damaged,” the report added.

Videos posted on social media show groups of Russian soldiers, sometimes aboard armored vehicles, attacking in open fields and being destroyed by Ukrainian fire.

Activity is particularly intense on the Kupiansk front axis, in the Kharkiv province of northeastern Ukraine, where Ukraine says it has repelled around thirty Russian attacks during the past day.

In the absence of substantial progress in the Ukrainian counteroffensive on the Zaporizhia (southern) and Bakhmut (eastern) fronts, Russia has increased its attacks to regain the initiative on the front.

Russian forces have made modest gains in some areas of the southern front.

However, according to military spokesmen in kyiv, Ukrainian troops are holding firm in the territory they control and inflicting massive casualties on Russian forces. With EFE

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