Siege of Avdiivka, Ukrainian armed forces leave town - Europe. This was stated by Oleksandr Syrsky, commander of the Kiev army.
For Moscow this is an important military victory, especially from a symbolic point of view. The city, which before the Russian invasion had around 34,000 inhabitants, is a pile of rubble after weeks of heavy artillery exchanges. The offensive intensified last October when the Russian army multiplied the assault waves to conquer the objective. An attack that cost the lives of hundreds of soldiers.