The Russian occupation forces have suffered significant losses of armored vehicles in their attempts to encircle the town of Avdiyivka, in the Donetsk region, in an offensive that is barely making progress, according to the British Ministry of Defense in its latest intelligence update published in Twitter on March 28. The invading troops would have only made minor advances in this area at the cost of heavy human and material losses.
According to this source, “it is likely that the Russian 10th Tank Regiment lost a large part of its tanks trying to encircle Avdiivka from the south. The regiment is part of the 3rd Army Corps, the first large new formation that Russia stood up to support the invasion of Ukraine from August 2022”.
This town is located just 15 kilometers north of Donetsk, the capital of the oblast of the same name and the main city of Donbas.
The Third Army Corps is particularly plagued by problems of poor discipline and low morale. Despite an alleged training period in Belarus, the unit continues to show limited combat capability.
“The 10th Tank Regiment’s losses were likely largely due to tactically flawed frontal attacks similar to other recent failed Russian armored attacks, such as around the town of Vuhledar,” the report said.
British intelligence reported on March 20 that the situation in Avdiyivka could soon be similar to that of Bakhmut, where Russian troops have been trying to take the city for weeks without succeeding so far and where, furthermore, they are suffering a very harsh attrition and human losses that according to some sources would rise to 30,000 soldiers.
Russian occupation troops have been trying to encircle Avdiyivka for almost a year, said the city’s military administration, which has suffered not only from troops but also from heavy shelling.
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