Russia Announces Capture Of Avdiivka After Months Of Fighting

Russia said on February 17 that its forces had inflicted a series of defeats on Ukrainian forces along the 1,000-km (620-mile) front line just as Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka.

The Ukrainian withdrawal from Avdiivka paves the way for Russia's biggest victory since the May 2023 capture of Bakhmut after a deadly battle that left thousands dead in a devastated city with barely a building intact.

After the failure of Ukraine to pierce Russian lines last year, Moscow has been trying to grind down Ukrainian forces just as Kyiv ponders a major new mobilization and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appoints a new commander to run the war.

Avdiivka, which had a pre-war population of around 32,000 and is called Avdeyevka by Russians, was briefly taken in 2014 by Moscow-backed separatists who seized a swathe of eastern Ukraine but was recaptured by Ukrainian troops who built extensive fortifications.

Avdiivka sits in the industrial Donbas region, 15 km (9 miles) north of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk. Before the war, its Soviet-era coke plant was one of Europe's biggest. It is the key to Russia's aim of securing full control of the two eastern "Donbas" provinces - Donetsk and Luhansk. These are among the four Ukrainian regions Russia says it has annexed but does not fully control.

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[siyakamomoh]

Russia vs 32 countries and Russia 🇷🇺 is still winning.

[jtfdan]

over 4, 000 armoured vehicles destroyed and tens of thousands russian troops kaput....for a flattened town. great trade off putin..you are the master strategist and everything is going according to plan....

[stephenboyd]

Two years on, is this still Putins 6 week special operation against a country with 1/8 of Russians army and no navy and sunk half the black fleet . God help Russian if ukraine had the same equipment

[fallowthebigyellowtruck]

Just look at who is doing this. They are always the same.Act the same, they talk the same. Get a clue.

[tanksalot]

At the cost of tens of thousands of Russia soldiers and nothing to show for it

[JkDibine]

"Ukrainian forces eliminate 1, 080 invaders, destroy 3 aircraft in past 24 hours"

"Ukraine's defense forces eliminated about 402, 430 Russian invaders between February 24, 2022 and February 18, 2024, including 1, 080 in the past 24 hours."
- Ukrinform
.. . . . .. .
1.6M+ RU casualties thus far:
1, 601, 200 to be exact.
wia:1, 200, 900
(Minusrus)

[thomaslangdon]

And in just under six months, and 40, 000 casualties! Congratulations! You won a pile of rubble

[sameullam]

The tourism here is gonna be...booming

I'll take my leave now.

[arunrocks]

Must feel ashamed to say we have invaded a region from neighbouring country 😡🤮

[Ar-ti]

It looks as Igor has become more fat and his head looks much bigger 🤔

[HailTheApocalypse]

::yawn:: still a lot of land left Putler. Got anything or anyone left to get it for you?

[oohhsedagod]

Why dont Russia try to take Alaska back?😂😂😂😂 that war will end that day 😂😂😂😂 the Russians military rank drop to the top 20 after this war Ukraine!! How you go from 2 to top20😂😂 they equipment is trash

[klhhztc]

How many lives lost ?just because of land ?you kill many many innocent lives what shame

[timonsolus]

Look at 0:35 - That artillery piece firing its gun has a WW2 style German cross on it! Is that a Russian artillery piece, or a Ukrainian one?

(The subject matter of the video, a Russian victory, makes me suspect that it might be Russian.)