The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation surrounded Avdiivka on three sides and want to make "Mariupol-2" there,-a military expert

UA were told by military expert Vladislav Seleznev. According to him, the situation in eastern Ukraine remains very difficult. Here the enemy seeks to implement the plan of the so -called "Great Name of General Gerasimov". The occupiers have concentrated large forces in the Kupyansk-Liman direction and in the Avdiivka area and are trying to transform their numerous advantage into any territorial heritage.

"The location of enemy troops around Avdiivka to some extent suggests that the enemy can implement a Bakhmut scenario, he has used a huge amount of his resources there. In fact, three -quarters of the city surrounded that the Ukrainian defense forces since 2014 have created a very powerful network of engineering fortifications in the Avdiivka area, the enemy has a very ghostly chance to realize his plans, " - says the expert.

He added that all hostile efforts to attack the positions of defense forces ended in great losses of both personnel and techno. However, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced in the Krasnogorivka area and a little in the Experimental area. "Sometimes there is a feeling that the Russians have decided to turn Avdiivka into a kind of Mariupol 2. 0 - by destroying all infrastructure in the city by means of artillery and aviation, they try to implement this plan.

Given that the Ukrainian garrison in Avdiivka has the opportunity Defensive battles, I think, are the chances of success in the Russian occupation army are very ghostly, "Vladislav Seleznyov said. He noted that what warriors of the 110th Brigade of the Armed Forces are doing in Avdiivka is a feat. Three brigades of the enemy can do anything with one brigade of Ukrainian defenders.

It should be reminded that Russian invaders have reduced the pace of the offensive on Avdiivka, but despite they try to seize a heap north of the city as a favorable height. Earlier it was reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost more than 60 pieces of equipment when trying to attack Avdiivka. On the basis of satellite images, the analytics came to the conclusion that the offensive of the Russian Federation in the Avdiivsky speech was successful only in Russian media.