Posted on 02/03/2024 8:03:52 PM PST by Kazan
The battle for Avdiivka, the Ukraine-held key town in Donetsk region, had another development as sources indicate that Russians forces broke through the defenses, and entered the town on the north side.
Up until that point, most activity was centered in the south, where the besiegers have reached the outskirts of the urban area, and Kiev regime evacuated the civilian population.
Pro-Ukrainian Journalist, Senior Editor Security Policy and Conflicts at German Paper BILD, Julian Röpke wrote in his X social media account that forces invading from the north secured a foothold inside the city:
Russian invasion forces advanced appr. 1500 meters inside #Avdiivka, capturing the entire northern dacha quarter & securing a foothold in the northern part of the city itself.
— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) February 2, 2024 Ukraine defends one front (Stepove) successfully, but is incapable to defend the entire town.
‘Ukraine defends one front (Stepove) successfully, but is incapable to defend the entire town’, Röpke wrote.
This story is developing, and hasn’t broken in the MSM yet, but not only is this story coming from Ukrainian sources – meaning they are not ‘Moscow propaganda’ – but there is also geo-located footage from Ukrainian drones showing Russian fighters inside the Avdiivka urban area.
Russia outguns and outmans the Ukrainian defenders. Pro-Russian analyst and news aggregator Simplicius the Thinker reported:
“As the former platoon commander of the nationalist battalion ‘Aidar’ Yevgeny Dikiy said, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will apparently have to leave Avdiivka.
According to Dikiy, the likelihood of the Ukrainian Armed Forces withdrawing from Avdiivka is growing every day for one reason: ‘shell hunger’, as well as the approach of Russian troops to the supply route.”
As it’s usually the case, the military top leaders, headed by General Zaluzhny, advocate to retreat from the town to more stable defensive lines, while the political leaders led by Zelensky want to hold the town at all costs.
Kiev Post reported:
“Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that his troops had broken through to the [southern] outskirts of Avdiivka, which has been a high-priority target for Moscow […]
In televised remarks that come about two months before Russian presidential elections, Putin claimed that troops ‘broke through the enemy’s defenses and reached the outskirts of Avdiivka. ‘They captured 19 houses and are holding them’, he claimed.”
Two years later Ukraine is down 500k kia to a similar number of Russians, and that 5-1 troop advantage to now 775k - 600k. That 190k drained NATO and Ukraine. Now the front lines are going be 70-120km closer to Kiev in the next month.
It is amazing how so many former Soviet subject states, who have made no move to harm Russia, are such a threat to them.
That doesn’t explain why so many “Napoleons” are dying, getting mutilated, or fleeing their own country to escape conscription!
Name a country that did not have Nazi collaborators.
You are sick to dismiss three countries with GREAT people just because of a few Benedict Arnolds. In 1941, I’m sure it was very difficult for those countries to decide who was worse, Hitler or Stalin.
Ussa
Wokes
Pc / diversity
Zeepers
Gog zeep usa
Magog zeep nato
Rev 13
Great tagline !!!
“”””Ukraine by its own admission lost 23,000 kia between 8-30 January””””
Do you have the link to that?
NATO and EU can still contribute billions. That was the Trump policy, Europe cannot rely so much on the U. S. taxpayers and must do more to fund NATO.
LOL!! You summed it up in a nutshell.
Did any of those countries ever apologize? I see Latvia has even allowed Nazi memorial marches. Then they decided to offer Jews restitution in 2021, while claiming none of it was their fault.
Ukraine imprisoned and murdered a US citizen, Gonzalo Lira, simply because he disagreed with the Ukrainian government's war strategy.
Ukraine doesn't resemble a free country or democracy. The idea that is what this war is about is laughable.
Those threats are figment of your imagination.
There aren't tens of thousands of ethnic Russians in Romania endanger of genocide as there were in Ukraine. Nor does Romania have any historic ties to Russia.
In fact, Putin has said Poland, Hungary and Romania all have historical ties to parts of Ukraine and he has no objection if those countries reclaim that land.
You're a paranoid freak that is pushing us and the West toward WW III. And, that makes you and your ilk a danger to the rest of us.
“Why has Ukraine’s mobilization bill languished in its parliament for two months? Ukrainians don’t even want to fight this war for you anymore.”
This plus Washington saying that Zelensky firing Zaluzhny is ok, is a signal that Globohomo has given up on Ukraine and is ready to end this.
If DC was still all-in, Zelensky would go the way of the Diems, and Zaluzhny would get his 500K troops.
The problem, the Russians have had a lot of guys injured and killed with $100 + billion of Western weapons, and Putin may be in a most unforgiving mood.
You are a liar and your immoral positions are revolting.
So now you’re claiming it’s great that Putin has invited other countries to carve up Ukraine. You’re just a creep.
And lying that Putin hasn’t threatened all these countries.
There’s a nice hot place in hell for people like you.
“Speaking of failed invasions, when do you think Putin will finally admit defeat?”
Probably when they get to Ternopil.
(btw, no way Canada makes it to 2040, and I doubt 2030)
You confuse the word 'inspiring' with 'bankrupting.'
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