Storm of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Avdiivka: in ISW ​​told about the loss of occupiers in military equipment (map)

This was reported by analysts of the Institute of War Study in its daily report on October 25. Analysts stressed that on October 23, a Ukrainian reserve officer, having published satellite images, confirmed that the occupiers lost more than 109 units of military equipment near Avdiivka from October 10 to October 20. He noted that the most enemy lost combat armored vehicles, namely BMP-1, BMP-2 and MT-LB. There are also losses T-72, T-64, T-80, APC and other vehicles.

According to the Armed Forces officer, the losses of the Russian military in equipment in the Avdiivka area exceeded the losses during an unsuccessful crossing through the Siverskyi Donets in May 2022 and, probably, losses in the coal area from November 2022 to April 2023.

that the enemy could lose about ten additional vehicles that were not calculated because of the mismatch of images, and with reference to two indefinite independent sources stressed that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation could lose about 200 military vehicles near Avdiivka. Analysts of the Institute of War Study reported that on October 25, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had an offensive in the Avdiivka area.

Geolocation footage for October 24 showed that the enemy advanced northwest of Krasnogorivka. While in the General Staff of the Armed Forces stated that the enemy had unsuccessfully attacked near the steppe. On October 24, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Tavriysk troops Colonel Alexander Planon said that the intensity of the assault had decreased near Avdiivka.

On October 25, the Russian troops noted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation allegedly achieved "serious tactical success" near the steppe and on the approaches to Avdiivka and advanced to the railway line north of the city. Another militaryman stated that the military of the Russian Federation was moving from Krasnogorivka to Novokalinov.

The Russian side argued that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation controlled the heap of Avdiivka, but the chairman of the Avdiiv City Military Administration Vitaliy Barabash denied this information and said that the territory was a "gray zone". Also on October 25, the Ukrainian military stated that former Wagner Military PECs could fight near Avdiivka, but analysts did not find evidence of this.

The Institute of War Study added that on October 24, the Russian troops stated that the Armed Forces had counterattacked and pushed Russian forces from Berdichev, which was 10 kilometers northwest of Avdiivka. We will remind, on October 25 the head of the Avdiiv City Military Administration Vitaliy Barabash stated that for the storming of Ukrainian positions near the Avdiivka of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use mainly infantry, not equipment.