Ukrainian SOFs destroy Russian tanks, personnel in newly released video
Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) can be seen destroying Russian heavy equipment and personnel near Avdiyivka in a video shared on Telegram on Oct. 20
Russia has resumed its offensive in the Avdiyivka sector and continues to try to surround the town. Its Ukrainian defenders are holding their positions and inflicting significant losses on the enemy.
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The SOF’s 3rd Regiment’s operators of the Special Forces detected and targeted heavy Russian military equipment moving towards Avdiyivka.
Ukrainian soldiers stopped the enemy with FPV drones, Javelin anti-tank missiles and mortars. Dozens of occupiers, four armored personnel carriers, and two tanks were destroyed.
Russia’s offensive on Avdiyivka — What is known
The head of Avdiyivka’s military administration, Vitaliy Barabash, said that Oct. 10 saw “probably the largest attack on the city in the entire full-scale war,” but the situation was under control. The Ukrainian Armed Forces said that the Russian military wants to surround Avdiyivka, and is throwing a large amount of equipment and personnel into battle.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that the Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding their positions near Avdiyivka.
The representative of the Joint Press Center of the Tavria Defense Forces, Oleksandr Shtupun, said that the Russian occupation forces are continuing active offensive actions in the area of Avdiyivka and consider the town as an opportunity to gain at least some kind of a significant “triumph” and turn the tide of hostilities.
On Oct. 16, Barabash noted that the Russian occupation forces had stopped shelling Avdiyivka, but two people had been killed in shelling west of the town.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported in an evening summary that in the Avdiyivka sector, Russians conducted unsuccessful assaults with the support of aviation in the vicinity of Avdiyivka and Pervomaiske, Donetsk Oblast, but the DefenseForces had managed to repel seven Russian attacks.
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