Avdiivka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) is taken by local troops into a semicircle, and the path from it to Konstantinovka is blocked in two places. This was announced on Monday, July 18, by the official representative of the People’s Militia of the Republic, Eduard Basurin, on the air. Channel One.
“We completely blocked the road connecting Avdiivka and Konstantinovka in two districts, Avdiivka is now covered by a semicircle,” he stressed.
In addition, Basurin noted that preparations are underway for the start of the full-fledged liberation of the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic from the Ukrainian military.
On July 15, information appeared about the entry of soldiers of the international brigade “Pyatnashka” into Avdiivka and their readiness to cut the Ukrainian grouping in the city. The brigade managed to gain a foothold in the north-east of the city at the former positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
The goals of the military are to maintain control over the enemy and block the possibility of his exit from the fortifications.
Izvestia’s military commander Sergei Khaydarov, who managed to get into the battalion near Avdiivka, where the enemy is only 150 meters away, noted on the same day that it was difficult to get to the Ukrainian militants. He clarified that the former positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine consist of trenches, but it is impossible to get through them, because the Ukrainian military had mined all the roads before leaving. The only solution in this situation is to strike at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The plans of Pyatnashka include accommodation throughout Avdiivka. If this can be done, the situation in the Donetsk region will change significantly. After the capture of the suburbs, the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction will disintegrate.
On July 17, the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR announced the liberation of 253 settlements on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic by a group of troops of the DPR and LPR, with fire support from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Federation continues its special military operation in Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin announced on 24 February. The main tasks of the military of the Russian Federation are the denazification and demilitarization of the Kyiv regime.
The situation in Donbass escalated in mid-February due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since 2014, the Ukrainian authorities have been fighting against the inhabitants of the LDNR, who refused to recognize the results of the coup d’état in Ukraine.
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