In answer to the question I posed yesterday - can Russia show that with the fall of Avdiivka it can press ahead westwards with convincing confidence? - yes, it’s shaping up to look in the affirmative. Now at least three settlements west of Avdiivka have fallen or are at clear close to falling and ahead lies Konstantinivka and Kramatorsk. Dima this morning February 25 reports that Ukrainians have not had sufficient time to develop robust alternative fortifications further to the West and at present are simply doing their best to hold Russian forces back in order to create more time to develop the fortifications they need, at least in the west Avdiivka area.
Westward to the Dnieper, Whither the West?
Westward to the Dnieper, Whither the West?
Westward to the Dnieper, Whither the West?
In answer to the question I posed yesterday - can Russia show that with the fall of Avdiivka it can press ahead westwards with convincing confidence? - yes, it’s shaping up to look in the affirmative. Now at least three settlements west of Avdiivka have fallen or are at clear close to falling and ahead lies Konstantinivka and Kramatorsk. Dima this morning February 25 reports that Ukrainians have not had sufficient time to develop robust alternative fortifications further to the West and at present are simply doing their best to hold Russian forces back in order to create more time to develop the fortifications they need, at least in the west Avdiivka area.