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Russians Advance, Trying to Encircle Avdiivka and Put It in the ‘Cauldron’ – City Is a Key Defensive Position for Ukraine in the Easter Front
gateway pundit ^

Posted on 10/16/2023 12:09:12 PM PDT by MNDude

hile the eyes of the world are fixated on the middle east, back in Ukraine the Russian Federation forces have gone on the offensive in some sector of the long line of contact.

Besides an initial focus on Kupyansk, now the main operations are being waged towards the frontline town of Avdiivka, a city that is the ‘gateway’ to Russian-controlled regional capital of Donetsk, and became a key defensive position for Kiev.

The Russians intensified their assault on the area with aircraft, heavy artillery bombardment and tanks, in one of the heaviest assaults in months, gaining terrain both to the north and to the south of the city.

“’Our Avdiivka is under massive attacks by Russian artillery and aviation’, Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, said on Tuesday in a post on the Telegram messaging service, which included a photo of a building reduced to rubble.

Mykola Bielieskov, a military analyst at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, a Ukrainian government research group, said in an interview that “the scale of the recent attacks is unprecedented” in Avdiivka. He compared it to the fighting that took place there more than half a year ago, when Russia relentlessly shelled the town, turning it into a wasteland.”

As the Ukrainian counteroffensive petered out, Russian forces started to probe the frontline for weaknesses.

Attacks this year have mostly taken place along Ukraine’s northeastern front line, especially near Kupyansk, further to the north.

Russian forces have reportedly broken through several Ukrainian defensive positions near villages surrounding Avdiivka, as they attempt to encircle the town.

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1 posted on 10/16/2023 12:09:12 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: MNDude

They got SLAUTERED for almost no gain, lost over 2500 men and somewhere over 100 pieces of equipment! :)


2 posted on 10/16/2023 12:13:20 PM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: WellyP

https://www.youtube.com/@RFU


3 posted on 10/16/2023 12:15:01 PM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: MNDude

all orc “advances” have been to rear as meat assault after meat assault fails, leaving hundreds of meaty orcs dead in each assault, pilled on top of the last failed assaulters, along with hundreds of BMPs and tanks destroyed. Meanwhile, in the rear, the survivors are dying for near total lack of medical care.


4 posted on 10/16/2023 12:15:02 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: WellyP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn6zub6U7pU


5 posted on 10/16/2023 12:19:25 PM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: MNDude

“The Easter Front”?

Is that where the bunnies come from?


6 posted on 10/16/2023 1:00:10 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( Starve the Beast and steal its food)
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To: WellyP
--- Re: RFU
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7 posted on 10/16/2023 1:40:07 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Gee, one could ... work it like a job ...


8 posted on 10/16/2023 1:46:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: WellyP
--- Re: Combat Veteran Reacts

The channel "Combat Veteran Reacts" is monetized! Since Mar 8, 2021, the channel has generated 116,641,354 views. Assuming all views were monetized from day 1* with an average RPM of $3.00, this channel has generated $349,924.06 over 871 days. That's an average of $146,638.67 per year.

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Nice promotion for his channel.
9 posted on 10/16/2023 1:47:06 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Fai Mao
Bunnies! Oh------------
Denys' baby rabbits

Baby rabbits! 9 April 2022


10 posted on 10/16/2023 1:52:58 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

YouTube says video unavailable. 😕


11 posted on 10/16/2023 2:31:44 PM PDT by oldvirginian ("Had I known what the North had in store for us, I would have continued fighting." Gen R E Lee )
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To: oldvirginian

Now THAT’s very interesting. It seems the embarassment was noted?


12 posted on 10/16/2023 3:50:25 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: oldvirginian
Aha. URL.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgiE1esIDMg

The first twenty seconds should suffice....

13 posted on 10/16/2023 3:53:20 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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