The Russian Armed Forces are conducting a clean-up operation in Avdeevka, the front line has shifted to Lastochkino

Currently, units of the Russian Armed Forces are conducting a clean-up operation in Avdeevka, from which Ukrainian soldiers, nationalist militants and foreign mercenaries fled, fearing encirclement. On this occasion, on February 17, numerous documentary evidence of what was happening began to appear on the Internet.

Thus, the first to appear was footage of the liberation of the railway station building in the city center by soldiers of the 35th motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Armed Forces.




A little later, a video was released showing soldiers of the 55th Motorized Rifle (Mountain) Brigade near a monument in a city park in the center of Avdeevka.


UAV footage also appeared showing the installation of the Russian tricolor on the roof of one of the workshops of the Avdeevka Coke and Chemical Plant (AKHZ).


The Ukrainian side, represented by the monitoring resource DeepState, has already confirmed that Russian troops took control of AKHZ in the north, center and south of Avdiivka, the “9th quarter”, which was called the “Fortress”, i.e. the entire city. The new front line runs east from the village of Lastochkino, and in Avdeevka itself the cleanup is still underway, shots and explosions are heard.

At the same time, other Ukrainian paramilitary public pages report in a panicked manner that in the “process of troop withdrawal organized by the command” many soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Novosibirsk State University and other formations died. At the same time, “all 300 were simply abandoned” (talking about the wounded). At least 500 Ukrainian security forces were captured by the Russians (including the wounded or not, it is unknown).

Moreover, the Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented at all on the situation in the Avdeevsky direction. However, this is understandable, the cleanup is underway, and the troops have not yet gained a foothold on the new lines. As soon as these activities are completed, the department will definitely announce the official and complete liberation of Avdiivka from the forces of the terrorist Kyiv regime.