The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced near Avdiivka and could capture Severne: Isw told about the situation at the front

Russian troops declare that the occupiers were allegedly able to seize Sveverne and occupy Pervomaisky by 40%. Positive battles continued in the area of ​​Stepov, Berdychiv, Orlovka, Swallow, Severny, Pervomaisky, Nevelsky, told in ISW. The armed forces of the Russian Federation could advance in the Avdiivka area of ​​Donetsk region and seize Severne. This was reported at the Institute of War Study in the daily report on February 22.

"The Russian troops advanced west of Avdiivka, and Russian sources claimed that Russian troops seized Severne in the southwest on February 22," the report said. According to geolocation, on February 22, the invaders advanced in the west of the Avdi Coke Plant in the north of the city. According to Russian military, the 1st separate motorized rifle brigade ("DNR") seized Severne, while other military Russian military allegedly occupied about 40% of Pervomaisky, but ISW sees no visual confirmation.

Analysts said that positional battles continued in the steppe, Berdychiv, Orlovka, swallow, Severeno, Pervomaisk, Nevelsky. According to the Ukrainian military analyst Petro Chernyk, the Russians lost 364 tanks and 748 armored vehicles, which is more than one division of tanks and almost two divisions of armored vehicles.

According to him, the military of the Russian Federation has not suffered losses in the technique of such a scale since the Second World War, while the Soviet troops lost a maximum of 180 tanks for the nine -year war in Afghanistan. In addition, he said that the enemy will use infantry to compensate for large losses of equipment, which is consistent with the ISW observation of the "meat attacks" of the Russian infantry, which were observed near Avdiivka and in other areas of the front.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, as of the morning of February 23, in the Avdeevsky direction the Ukrainian military reflected ten attacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the areas of settlements of Orlovka, Severene, Pervomaisko, Neuelsk Donetsk region. The command of the morning summary did not comment on the information of ISW analysts that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation allegedly captured Severene and partially occupied Pervomaisko.

We will remind, on February 22 a spokesman of the operational-strategic group of Tavriya troops Dmitry Likhov reported that the Armed Forces reflected several positions in the Avdiiv and Mariinsky directions. Also, Ukrainian fighters managed to capture more than ten invaders. Also, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the occupation of Avdiivka of Donetsk region is the largest achievement of Russia in the last nine months.