“Russia Goes on the Offense in Ukraine—and Suffers Heavy Losses”
“With Ukraine’s monthslong southern counteroffensive making slow progress, Russia last week launched a large-scale assault of its own with a narrower aim: the small eastern city of Avdiivka.
By most accounts, it didn’t go well.
Ukraine’s military said it destroyed dozens of Russian tanks and other armored vehicles and killed hundreds of Russian troops while losing little territory. Video released by Ukrainian officials showed the damage, with artillery and bomblets dropped from drones crashing into one Russian vehicle after another, leaving them smoking on the road.”
By all accounts, it's a disaster. But they keep coming. Multiple sources have reported Russia has committed 3 brigades to take Avdiivka, so as much as they have lost, they have a lot more to throw in.
Russian forces are preparing to defend occupied Crimea as they grow unsure of retaining control of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Atesh, a Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar partisan movement, reported.
For this reason, Russian troops are deploying significant military resources to Dzhankoi, Atesh stated.