Russia takes full control of Avdievka in Ukraine, biggest victory in the last 9 months
The fall of Avdiivka is Russia's biggest increase since the capture of the city of Bakmut, a short distance from Vladiki, in May 2023 It's been almost two years since the President. Mirputin did it all. - Stop the war by ordering the invasion of Ukraine.
MOSCOW/KIEV: Russia said on Sunday it had taken full control of the Ukrainian town of Avdivka after Ukraine withdrew its troops, while Moscow said some Ukrainian soldiers were still trapped in a Soviet-style building. time. war
The fall of Avdievka is Russia's biggest success since the capture of the city of Bakmut in May 2023, nearly two years after President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine that would lead to all-out war.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had advanced 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) along the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front that Russian troops moved up following the fighting in the outskirts of the city. problems. An almost completely desolate wreck.
Ukraine said it was withdrawing its troops to prevent a large-scale attack on its forces after months of intense fighting. Putin hailed the fall of Avdiivka as an important victory and congratulated the Russian military.
Following Kiev's failure to defend Russia last year, Moscow sought to weaken Ukraine's power; Kiev was seen as a new expansionist and President Zelensky appointed the leader who had just entered the war.
The Kremlin said in a statement on its website, "The head of state congratulates the Russian army on its important victory." said. The coke plant, once one of the largest in Europe, is key to Russia's bid to gain full control of the Donbass industrial region.
Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman Igor Konashenkov said: "Measures were taken to complete the soldiers' city and prevent Ukrainian soldiers leaving the city and entering the Avdievka Chemical plant."
There was no public comment yet by Ukrainian authorities on this. Russian state television showed blue and yellow Ukrainian flags being taken down in Avdiivka and Russia's white, blue and red tricolour flag raised, including over the coke plant.
Russia cast the Ukrainian withdrawal as rushed and chaotic, with some soldiers and weapons left behind. The Ukrainian military said there had been casualties but that the situation had stabilised somewhat after the retreat.
Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the full-scale war after eight years of conflict in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian forces on the one side and pro-Russian Ukrainians and Russian proxies on the other.
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