In the battles for Avdiivka the russians lost several thousand soldiers and hundreds of units of equipment

Therussians lost several thousand soldiers and hundreds of pieces of equipment inthe fighting for Avdiivka. This is more than the combined losses of theinvaders near Vugledar and in Bakhmut.

About it inan interview with the agency Ukrinform told the head of Avdiivka citymilitary administration Vitaliy Barabash.

"It isunequivocally several thousand dead, at least three or four thousand. Well andwounded there are already definitely seven or eight thousand. Many say that theenemy's losses in the Avdiivka direction have already exceeded his losses inboth Ugledar and Bakhmut," he said.

Accordingto Barabash, the losses of military equipment of the russian army in theAvdiivka direction are named differently – from 200 to more than 400. Althoughhe is more inclined to the second option.

"Afterall, only during the first day of this aggravation, 10 October, when they left,almost 100 units of equipment were travelling and about 60 of them weredestroyed. They went in columns, during the first wave a lot of equipmentdestroyed," explained the head of the Avdiivka city militaryadministration.

Russian equipment is destroyed kilometres awayfrom the positions of the AFU

Aserviceman with the call sign "Chaban" in comments to Radio Liberty so colossal losses of the invadersexplained so colossal losses of the invaders by meat assaults, which arrangesthe russian military command.

"Everyday they have losses. They were told to 'take a position', they took it. Theywere told not to retreat, and they have losses visibly. They go to the assaultwithout helmets, without body armour, without anything, on a lung. One withgrenades, and one with machine guns, and the third can cover a little further.You look in the thermal imager, 30 metres away some new bump appeared. It's notclear what it is. Five minutes later, you look, there's two new bumps. Theycrawl up to a distance of 30 metres to either throw a grenade or make a lastdash," the serviceman said.

"Chaban"also added that the russian armoured vehicles, which storm Avdiivka at night,do not reach the positions of the Defence Forces. The defenders hear enemycolumns 5-7 kilometres away and cover them tightly with artillery.

Since 10 October2023, russian invaders have been constantly storming and destroying Avdiivka,Donetsk Oblast, with aerial bombs. The aggressor is trying to capture this cityat any cost, as it is located 7 kilometres from temporarily occupied Donetsk andis reached by Ukrainian artillery.