Ipse by Tag - Avdiivka

Vitalii Barabash

Inserted 1 week ago

“Around 700 people stayed in Avdiivka. The situation is not easy; regular checks are ongoing. The excitement of the majority of those who remained and waited for the Russians has long faded. Even those who didn't care admit now that it was far better under Ukraine's control. Because there is no evidence of democracy or that it was 'liberators' that came to them.”

Pravda

Head of the Avdiivka City Military Administration

09 May 2024 2 1

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“In general, the enemy achieved certain tactical successes in these areas [villages of Berdychi and Semenivka, north of Avdiivka, and Novomykhailivka, near the town of Maryinka], but could not gain operational advantages.”

Reuters

Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

28 Apr 2024 5 3

Ben Hodges

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Since the fall of Avdiivka in Ukraine's east on February 17 [2024], its forces have oozed forward, swallowing several villages, as Ukrainian forces have performed tactical retreats. Here we are in April [2024], and [the Russians] are oozing out. Why is that? I think it's because that's the best the Russians can do. They do not have the capability to knock Ukraine out of the war. Russia lacked the ability to equip large armoured formations that could move rapidly, with supporting artillery, engineers and logistics. I don't think it exists. That's why I feel fairly confident that the mission for [Ukrainian] general Oleksandr Syrskyi for the next several months is to stabilise this as much as he can to buy time for Ukraine to grow the size of the army, to rebuild the defence industry of Ukraine, as well as give us time to find more ammunition for them. I think of 2024 as a year of industrial competition. So the army has got to buy time.”

Aljazeera

Retired U.S. General and former Commander of NATO forces in Europe

19 Apr 2024 9 3

Kateryna Stepanenko

Inserted 1 month ago

“Ukraine can't exploit the high levels of attrition that Russian units suffer. Russian forces lost at least three mechanized divisions of manpower and equipment in the campaign for Avdiivka, and Ukraine was unable to counterattack around Avdiivka and exploit the conditions of Russian exhaustion. Ukraine has no choice but to dig in and try to anticipate to the best of its ability where, when, and at what intensity Russian forces will attack next.”

Cnn

Russia Deputy Team Lead and Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington

06 Apr 2024 6 3

Pasi Paroinen

Inserted 2 months ago

“Russian forces seem to be attempting to push forward using small infantry assault groups, but are being decimated in the relatively open terrain west of Avdiivka.”

Nytimes

Analyst from the Black Bird Group, which analyzes satellite imagery and social media content from the battlefield

09 Mar 2024 3 2

Thibault Fouillet

Inserted 2 months ago

“The capture of Avdiivka has not led to the collapse of Ukrainian lines, the possibility for the Russians to move onto open ground or even to make major gains. There's no decisive action or breakthrough.”

Nytimes

Deputy director of the Institute for Strategic and Defense Studies, a French research center

09 Mar 2024 3 2

Pasi Paroinen

Inserted 2 months ago

“Outside of Avdiivka there are new positions being prepared, but they do not yet constitute a particularly formidable defensive line and are not comparable in scale to Russia's fortifications in the south.”

Nytimes

Analyst from the Black Bird Group, which analyzes satellite imagery and social media content from the battlefield

02 Mar 2024 3 2

Dmytro Lykhoviy

Inserted 2 months ago

“Our forces withdrew from the small villages of Syeverne and Stepove.... Heavy battles for Syeverne went on yesterday in the evening and night. Russia had taken significant losses in the fight. Ukrainian forces have consolidated new defensive positions west of Avdiivka.”

Rferl

Ukrainian military spokesman

27 Feb 2024 5 2

Tymofiy Mylovanov

Inserted 2 months ago

“In 2022, the [US] administration [of Joe Biden] submitted funding requests in the spring, almost immediately after the invasion. But in 2023, it waited until mid-fall to announce what it plans to submit. Avdiivka demonstrates the cost of these political delays: human lives, lost territory, and encouraged Russia. If that's the plan 'to be with Ukraine as long as it takes', then the US delays in aid have just prolonged the war.”

Aljazeera

Kyiv School of Economics director

22 Feb 2024 5 3

Igor Konashenkov

Inserted 2 months ago

“Measures are being taken to completely clear the town of militants and to block Ukrainian units that have left the town and are entrenched at the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant.”

Aljazeera

Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman

18 Feb 2024 5 1

Mykola Bielieskov

Inserted 2 months ago

“Avdiivka is a very important strong point in the Ukrainian system of defense, because it protects Pokrovsk, about 30 miles to the northwest, a logistical hub for the Ukrainian Army. Taking control of Avdiivka might create an opening for Russia.”

Nytimes

Military analyst at the National Institute for Strategic Studies in Ukraine

17 Feb 2024 4 1

Oleksandr Tarnavsky

Inserted 2 months ago

“In a situation where the enemy is advancing over the corpses of their own soldiers with a 10-to-one shelling advantage, under constant bombardment, this is the only right decision.”

Aljazeera

Ukrainian brigadier general commander of the Avdiivka area

17 Feb 2024 1 1

Oleksandr Syrskii

Inserted 2 months ago

“I decided to withdraw our units from the town and move to defence from more favourable lines in order to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of servicemen.”

Aljazeera

Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

17 Feb 2024 1 1

Oleksandr Tarnavskiy

Inserted 3 months ago

“Fierce battles are taking place within the city. Our troops are using all available forces and means to restrain the enemy. New positions have been prepared and powerful fortifications continue to be prepared, taking into account all possible scenarios. Commanders have been tasked to stabilise the situation.”

Aljazeera

Ukrainian General

16 Feb 2024 1 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 year ago

“The situation on the front line hasn't changed significantly. The fiercest battles are in the Donetsk region, towards Bakhmut and Avdiivka. This is where the craziness of the Russian command is most evident. Day after day, for months, they are driving people to their deaths there, concentrating the highest level of artillery strikes.”

Aljazeera

President of Ukraine

27 Oct 2022 4 1

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“In general, the enemy achieved certain tactical successes in these areas [villages of Berdychi and Semenivka, north of Avdiivka, and Novomykhailivka, near the town of Maryinka], but could not gain operational advantages.”

“Russian forces seem to be attempting to push forward using small infantry assault groups, but are being decimated in the relatively open terrain west of Avdiivka.”

“The capture of Avdiivka has not led to the collapse of Ukrainian lines, the possibility for the Russians to move onto open ground or even to make major gains. There's no decisive action or breakthrough.”

“Outside of Avdiivka there are new positions being prepared, but they do not yet constitute a particularly formidable defensive line and are not comparable in scale to Russia's fortifications in the south.”

“Our forces withdrew from the small villages of Syeverne and Stepove.... Heavy battles for Syeverne went on yesterday in the evening and night. Russia had taken significant losses in the fight. Ukrainian forces have consolidated new defensive positions west of Avdiivka.”

“Measures are being taken to completely clear the town of militants and to block Ukrainian units that have left the town and are entrenched at the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant.”

“Avdiivka is a very important strong point in the Ukrainian system of defense, because it protects Pokrovsk, about 30 miles to the northwest, a logistical hub for the Ukrainian Army. Taking control of Avdiivka might create an opening for Russia.”

“In a situation where the enemy is advancing over the corpses of their own soldiers with a 10-to-one shelling advantage, under constant bombardment, this is the only right decision.”

“I decided to withdraw our units from the town and move to defence from more favourable lines in order to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of servicemen.”

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