Avdiivka will fall even with this kill ratio that is no problem, it is not that important (The strategic importance of the town, like Bakhmut, is incidentally minimal Avdiivka makes up barely 0.1 percent of Donetsk's territory.), it served/s its purpose destroying Russians and main cause because they lack the ammo to hold it no matter how great the losses, Russia just keep coming, literally crawling over the bodies of their fallen companions. "The enemy is only 1,200 meters from the entrance to the city and keeps attacking. Over six hundred aerial bombs have been dropped on the city in the past four weeks. The devastation is enormous."
No Russian advances at Kupiansk, despite media report on troop concentration
Russian troops make no gains in Kupiansk as mobilized reserves replace losses, Ukraine military says, despite the media-reported Russian buildup of 500 tanks and 40K personnel. There have been no reported advances by Russian troops in the Kupiansk sector, and the mobilized reserves of the occupiers appear to be used to replace their losses, according to the Ukrainian militarys remark regarding a media report on the concentration of Russian forces in the area.
This clarification came from the spokesman of Ukraines Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Grouping of Troops in response to Forbes report about the concentration of 500 tanks, over 600 combat vehicles, hundreds of howitzers, and 40,000 occupiers in the Kupiansk sector, northeastern Ukraine. This information is not new. I have been reporting on the enemys troop numbers in the Lymansko-Kupiansk direction since the autumn, with a total strength of 110,000. If we can break it down by directions, the number remains relatively constant in the Kupiansk direction, stated spokesman Illia Yevlash on Ukrainian TV, according to Liga...
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/02/...concentration/