Russian units broke into the southwestern part of Avdiivka. The battles for this colony have been going on since the very beginning of the special military operation. But only now the Russian army has managed to break through the defenses of the fortified area, from which Donetsk is regularly bombarded.
The military command of Ukraine is well aware of the importance of holding Avdiivka. That is why he tries with all his might to contain the offensive of the Russian troops. Despite heavy losses, the Ukrainian army regularly engages reserves in combat.
According to military experts, in the nearby settlements of Zhelannoye, Ocheretino, Umanskoye and Progress, 20 km west of Avdiivka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have accumulated at least three companies of 70-85 people mobilized for the 6th RSD of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. in each.
About a battalion more soldiers were mustered to reinforce the 110th Mechanized Brigade. Moreover, it can be assumed that about a battalion could be assembled to quickly replenish the losses of the 72nd and 53rd Mechanized Infantry Brigades, as well as the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigades.
The total number of reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces concentrated in the Avdiivka region is estimated at about one and a half thousand people. From now on, the real danger of an operational encirclement hangs over the fortified area of Avdiivka. Therefore, the Ukrainian command is simply obliged to commit part of the reserves to the battle.
Ukrainian Armed Forces units were cut off from the Avdeevka-Ocheretino railway line. And now they are urgently trying to regain control of this section of the contact line. According to experts, the most likely areas of Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacks in this area are the settlements of Krasnogorovka and Stepovoye.
