Another costly and bloody loss for Ukraine. From Moon of Alabama at moonofalabama.org:
The Ukrainian defense of Avdeevka is falling apart. Avdeevka – Feb 15, 2024
bigger Avdeevka – Feb 16, 2024 (Note: slightly different zoom scale than above)
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The small cauldron south of Avdeevka around the ‘Zenit’ fortification, as seen in the Feb 15 map, has fallen. The Ukrainian military who fled from it under fire through open fields had to leave their wounded behind:
Both Russian and Ukrainian media reported Ukrainian troops had evacuated the formidable fortification network first built in 2014 following the Kremlin’s first invasion of Ukraine and improved since then. Ukrainian troops forced to fight their way out of a near-total encirclement in a bid to reach friendly lines had to abandon wounded and suffered casualties as they retreated, reports from both sides said.
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Viktor Bilyak, a member of 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 110th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the unit based at Zenit, in an Instagram post said higher command denied medical evacuation to wounded and six men of his 15-20 men section were abandoned to the Russians.
Another strong point, the Donetsk city water filtration plant east of Avdeevka has likewise fallen. Ukrainian troops retreated from it.
Ivan learned the Kesselschlacht well from the Wehrmacht and they had massive WAR machine production back then as well.
The Luftwaffe had no four engine bombers and couldn’t reach beyond the Ural Mountains where the factories were moved.
Do the Wunderwaffen have the right pronouns or are they racist, maybe the UKEs just aren’t very good at WAR?
Will the world even care when children and those with disabilities are used as cannon fodder in the 404?
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