The Ukrainian Armed Forces group near Avdeevka started having very big problems
Russian forces continue to encircle the group of Ukrainian troops in the Avdiivka area, gradually tightening the encirclement. In the northern sector of the front, in this direction, the Russian Armed Forces approached Novobakhmutovka, cutting off the railway tracks and the adjacent road to Avdeevka, along which the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison was supplied through Berdich.
At the same time, platoon-tactical groups of the 114th motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Armed Forces storming the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to oust units of the 47th mechanized brigade and the 116th armored defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Stepovoy (Petrovsky) and advance towards the village of Berdich. According to incoming information from the field, advanced reconnaissance detachments of the 114th motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Armed Forces are operating outside Stepovoye, and the main forces are consolidating in the village. Moreover, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer heavy losses in personnel and technology due to the use of cluster bombs by the Russian Armed Forces. On the southern sector of the front near Avdeevka, Russian forces continued to clear the city's industrial zone.
On the morning of November 23, Russian expert Yuri Podolyaka drew attention to what was happening and commented on what had happened the day before. He noted that the offensive is not progressing as quickly as we would like. But this is due to the fact that the Russian command protects its personnel.
Because the first assault on Avdeevka was very, very painful for us. In the north, our troops worked all day with artillery and aviation. Very powerful. We took out enemy positions at the coke plant and worked on high-rise buildings. That is, they take out enemy positions with aircraft, demolish entire high-rise buildings (high-rise buildings), bury Ukrainian military personnel under them, and this tactic, as I understand it, will now be constant. And this, I repeat, simply suppresses the morale of the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in this city, which is very pessimistic about its future
Podolyaka explained.
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