MOSCOW, 18 Feb. The loss of Avdiivka will hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Washington Post quotes Rob Lee, a senior researcher at the think tank at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.
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“The main questions now are how expensive the withdrawal of troops will be and what is the quality of the next line of defense,” he said.
The article notes that the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces raises the morale of the Russians and strengthens Concerns about the reduction in military supplies and personnel levels in Ukraine.
“Some Ukrainian soldiers were captured while trying to move to new positions, and the evacuation of the wounded was difficult due to incessant shelling from the Russian side,” writes WP.
On Saturday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, Vladimir Putin, about the complete taking under control of the city of Avdievka in the DPR, which was a powerful defensive hub of the Ukrainian armed forces.
As a senior Pentagon official said on Friday, the United States they see that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are running out of ammunition and other critical resources, and consider the surrender of Avdiivka a harbinger of new defeats for the Ukrainian army, inevitable without the resumption of American assistance.
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