The Armed Forces in Avdiivka are fixed on new defense boundaries: reserves are thrown into the city
Alexander Tarnavsky, the commander of the Tavriya, reported the situation on the relevant section of the front as of 21:00 on February 16. According to him, the enemy sends all the reserves, throwing them from other directions, and tries to squeeze the Ukrainian defense forces. However, according to Tarnavsky, the defenders continue to restrain the Russian invaders who "prevail quantitatively in personnel, artillery and aviation.
" The commander of Tavriya said that since the beginning of the day in the Avdiivka area, Ukrainian military reflected more than 30 enemy attacks. According to him, the occupiers made 20 air strikes and more than one and a half hundred artillery shelling. "In addition to Avdiivka, artillery and mortar shelling of the enemy, almost 20 surrounding settlements, including Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, Lastokne, Nevelske and others, have been experienced," the message reads.
Tarnavsky adds that from the destroyed positions, Ukrainian soldiers are maneuver and are fixed on new defense boundaries. "I emphasize, priority is to preserve the lives of our fighters. Therefore, if necessary, they go to new positions. In the assertive, during one of these exits, several of our fighters were captured. We will fight for the liberation of every brothers," the commander says.
According to Tarnavsky, the evacuation of wounded servicemen is complicated by continuous shelling, but is carried out. He specifies that the defenders are currently transferred to the appropriate areas of the front. "The supply of ammunition remains effective," the commander of Tavriya said. According to him, the Ukrainian units keep certain defense bonds in accordance with the operational situation.
In addition, according to Tarnavsky, the fire at the Avdiivsky Coke Plant is currently underway, where Russian invaders have set fire to the tank with residues of naphthalene and bitumen resin as a result of shelling. "To understand the scale of the enemy's offensive and its" hundreds. We will remind that on February 16 in the morning the fighters of the 3rd assault brigade reported that in one of the plots in the city they are in full environment, but the maneuvers are trying to break the ring.