The battle of Avdeyevka continued to advance in depth, and the Wagner soldiers who returned to the battlefield broke through the Ukrainian blockade area in the rain of bullets, and recaptured several lost positions of the Russian army in one day, and the balance of victory seemed to have tilted in favor of the Russian army.
Foreword: The results achieved by the Ukrainian army since the summer counteroffensive have been lackluster. In the case that Western countries have provided various advanced weapons and ammunition, the performance of the Ukrainian army is not satisfactory, which greatly reduces the confidence of European and American countries in Ukraine, coupled with the sharp shrinkage of Western ammunition depot reserves, it is difficult to continue to support the Ukrainian army in a large-scale counteroffensive in a short period of time, which means that it is basically impossible for the Ukrainian army to break through the defense line of the Russian army.
Wagner, who had made great contributions to the battle of Bakhmut, once again showed their amazing strength in the battle of Avdeyevka.
(Russian soldiers fire mortars)
1. Wagner soldiers fought their way through a hail of bullets and captured several positions
In the eyes of the Russian army, Maryinka and Avdeyevka are two "fortress cities" that are horns of each other, so no matter which one is taken first, it will make a big hole in the defense system of the Ukrainian army, and it will not be far from falling by the remaining place.
Judging from the current battlefield situation, the Russian army has controlled 95% of the area of Maryinka, and at the same time continues to invest new forces to fight locally and expel the Ukrainian army from the underground fortress.
The situation in Maryinka also gave hope to the Russian army, and the chips for taking Avdeyevka were a little bigger. According to "Phoenix Satellite TV", a few days ago, the Wagner combat team, which had just entered the battle, passed through the blockade area of more than 400 meters of the Ukrainian army in the rain of bullets, and controlled the positions of the Russian army in Hromovo and the northern suburbs that had been lost.
Once Avdeyevka is taken, it will open up a "new world" for the next offensive of the Russian army, first of all, it will be connected with Maryinka in the south to gain a defensive depth of 10 to 20 kilometers for the city of Donetsk, so that the howitzers of the Ukrainian army cannot reach the city of Donetsk casually. Secondly, the Russian army will be able to face the vast plain next, whether it is westward or northward, the Ukrainian army will have no danger to defend. To a certain extent, this is a key step for the Russian army to start the final chapter of the Donetsk campaign.
Naturally, the Ukrainian side can also think of this, and the battle for Avdeyevka will inevitably be very long.
(Soldiers charge in a hail of bullets)
2. Tanks are not good, on drones, the Ukrainian army is holding the town
Even though the situation on the battlefield is not optimistic, the Ukrainian army is still holding on. From the large-scale frontal offensive of the Russian army at the beginning, to the later dispatch of armored units from different directions, to the current small force of infantry charging at Ukrainian positions, the pressure on the Ukrainian army is increasing.
Officers of Ukraine's 25th Assault Battalion said that the Russian army in Avdeyevka "has everything", and the 40,000 soldiers gathered in the area have tanks, armored combat vehicles and a large number of 152mm howitzers, but the Ukrainian army has less and less ammunition to get. Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian army in the city of Avdeyevka has only a dozen shells per person per day, which is just a drop in the bucket for the Russian army's firepower, and the Ukrainian soldiers have blocked one attack after another with their lives.
Affected by bad weather, armored combat vehicles play a smaller and smaller role, and in this case, the Russian army sent new night-flying attack drones. In order to avoid the attack of the Russian army, the Ukrainian army chose to quietly send ammunition, supplies and new reinforcements to Avdeyevka at night by road or narrow dirt road, but the emergence of new drones of the Russian army made it difficult for the Ukrainian army to escape the fate of being hit. And these drones can also be used against targets such as tanks.
(UAV night test flight)
Although Ukraine has always regarded drones as key equipment to combat the Russian army, now the Ukrainian army in Avdeyevka does not even have many drones. Ukrainian soldiers on the front line say that now one drone has to deal with five to seven drones of the Russian army. The Ukrainian army in Avdeyevka is completely pressed by the Russian army's firepower, and it is no wonder that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is anxious to ask for help all over the world.
3. The United States could not bear it, and Russia put forward two major conditions for a ceasefire
It has been more than a year since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and the battlefield situation has forced the Russian army to constantly make adjustments and changes, carry out many military reforms, reduce the size of the troops, establish synthetic brigades, strengthen the interconnection of weapons and equipment, and add 170,000 people.
At a time when Russia is significantly expanding its armaments, the United States and the West are becoming more and more passive in the matter of military aid to Ukraine. At a time when the United States and Europe are mired in the "fatigue syndrome of aiding Ukraine", Brown, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: "No military conflict can be resolved by military means alone, and there will ultimately be a diplomatic solution." The outside world believes that these words send a signal that the United States wants to promote Russia-Ukraine peace talks to resolve the conflict.
Experts analyzed that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has developed to the present, and it is difficult for Ukraine to achieve the desired results on the battlefield, and the West can only find a step for itself. Now, the United States is supporting Ukraine militarily on the one hand, and Israel on the other, which can be described as "candles burning at both ends", and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict cannot be seen to end for the time being, so it is necessary to first let the Russian-Ukrainian conflict cool down and let the two sides temporarily compromise.
(Zelensky went to the West to seek military aid)
A few days ago, the Russian side once again came out with the latest news about the Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire negotiations. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova announced two major conditions for the restoration of permanent peace between Russia and Ukraine, one is that the West will stop supplying weapons and equipment to Ukraine, and the other is that Ukraine will accept the current new territorial status quo. Subsequently, Zelensky also announced that he would once again propose a new "peace plan" for Ukraine.
It is impossible to distinguish the superior from the inferior on the battlefield, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser militarily, so peace talks have become the best choice.
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