2023-12-20 19:00:32
The Ukrainian military confirms that the Russians have gained ground in their ground offensive in the southeast of Ukraine for two months. “Since October 10, when the enemy became more active, he has advanced one and a half to two kilometers in some places,” said Colonel Olexander Shtupun, army press spokesman in this sector of the front. He added: “But it cost him a lot.” The focus of the attacks was the industrial city of Avdiivka, which is close to the Russian-controlled Donbas capital Donetsk.
Ukraine: superior to Russia in manpower
The enemy is superior in terms of manpower, Shtupun admitted today in the permanent news program on Ukrainian television. Observers such as the think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in the USA also confirm the high Russian deployment of soldiers and tank technology in the region, as do the high Russian losses. Their reports also show that the Russians are advancing, which is currently putting pressure on Ukraine in Avdiivka.
For today, the evening report from the Ukrainian General Staff named 89 individual Russian ground attacks on seven sectors of the front. Accordingly, there were another 31 battles near Avdiivka. But 29 battles were also recorded on the southern bank of the Dnipro near Krynki in the Kherson region. The Ukrainian army has maintained a bridgehead there for several weeks. The Russians have so far been unable to throw back these comparatively small Ukrainian forces. The attacks were repelled, according to the general staff report from Kiev.
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