Chaotic withdrawal leads to high losses: Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers disappear on the Avdiivka front. Up to 1,000 soldiers left behind.
Hundreds of wounded soldiers in the contested Donbass region. Russia managed to take the city due to a lack of ammunition on the Ukrainian side. The retreat was not well planned and implemented, resulting in many falling into the hands of the Russian army. The loss is not only a symbolic but also a moral loss for Kiev in the Ukrainian war.