Russian troops have been conducting a real assault for several days in the area of ​​Avdiyivka, a semi-encircled city north of Donetsk, but have encountered strong resistance from the Ukrainians. Images that have emerged in recent days show how dozens of armored vehicles and tanks have been effectively destroyed by mines and guided missiles fired by the Ukrainians.

Russian armored vehicles and tanks near AvdiivkaPhoto: video shooting

A video published on social networks shows a real massacre between Russian armored units trying to advance to Avdiivka.

Ukrainian drone footage shows armored vehicle after armored vehicle and tank after tank blown up either by advanced anti-tank mines or direct hits by Ukrainian guided munitions.

Other armor is also knocked out even by drones that drop grenades from the air.

Huge Russian losses near Avdiivka

The latest Ukrainian assessment of Russian casualties shows that yesterday alone the Russians lost 790 soldiers, 16 tanks and 55 other combat vehicles, the vast majority in the Avdiivka area.

But this is not the only day with such great losses.

The Ukrainian military said on Friday that the Russians had suffered massive losses on Thursday: 1,380 soldiers, 55 tanks, 120 other battle tanks, 29 artillery pieces, 4 rocket launchers and 33 other vehicles.

The day before, the Russians would have lost another 11 tanks and 17 armored vehicles.

And not only these days, a week ago Ukrainian estimates also spoke of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles being lost every day, some of them independently confirmed by various OSINT accounts.

Zelensky: “These days Russia’s losses are really impressive, Ukraine needs such losses”

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Friday visited the southern Kherson region, where he discussed with the senior military command the situation there, as well as around the cities of Avdiyivka and Kupyansk, where Russian troops have recently been active and where they are likely to have moved. the severity of the struggle with the approach of the cold season.

“Regarding the situation in Kherson and in the region, in the south in general, as well as in the Donetsk region, first of all in Avdiivka, I am grateful to all our guys who hold the line and destroy the occupier day by day. These days, Russian losses are really impressive, and it is precisely such losses that Ukraine needs,” Zelensky told his compatriots.

He assured that work is underway to strengthen air defense and thanked the leaders of the conscious community who help Ukraine in this.