"Putin tries": The General Staff expector told if there was a risk of the Armed Forces in Avdiivka

According to him, cokeimochim needs Russian invaders so much, and it is obvious. They have a little other priorities that they think will allow the city to be taken under control. "It is more important for them to move from the north through the steppe in the direction of Orlovka, and from the south in the direction of the thin to take the Ukrainian garrison in Avdiivka in the operational environment. They need victories.

If Putin can take control of Avdiivka, it will be a good information Create a safety buffer near Donetsk, ”Vladislav Seleznev said. A military expert recalled how a few months ago Ukrainian defenders from the 36th Brigade attacked enemy positions near the settlement of the Experimental and took it in fact. Immediately behind it begins the fields that are close to the Donetsk airport and the area of ​​Spartak, which is considered a suburb of Donetsk.

"It has forced a lot of nervous Russian Gaulayters in Donetsk. Accordingly, the Russians try to push the Ukrainian army as far as possible to the West," Vladislav Seleznev continued. In general, the situation in Avdiivka will depend on the availability of resources in the Armed Forces. If the defenders need the number of artillery tools and ammunition to them, then nothing will work out again and he will be forced to retreat.

Otherwise, the Ukrainian army will be forced to conduct maneuver defense and move west of Avdiivka. Also, the key factor is how efficiently and promptly it will be possible to work with the engineering and sapl units of the Armed Forces. "Therefore, on those borders where the enemy tries to focus his basic efforts, it is necessary to create additional engineering and forming structures, to dig trenches and dugs. This is important. It will allow us to restrain the enemy offensive with less losses.