I'm about to lose count on this. Is this the 3rd or 4th time the Russians have failed to capture it?
Edit: If their current large scale assault fails it's apparently the 5th time in a row (including the one in 2017)
I think this is the longest running battle in the history of warfare at this point.
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Russia captured it.
It was heavily fortified and lots of Ukrainian lives were lost.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Russian forces have pummelled the town over the past week, a key bulge surrounded by Russian-held territory on the eastern Donbas front.
Col Dmytro Lysyuk – the commander of Ukraine’s 128th separate mountain assault brigade – said he believed there was zero possibility the Russian army would break through.
He said that sending a lengthy military column into battle – a tactic used when Russian forces tried to seize Kyiv last year, and the eastern town of Vuhledar in February – would not work.
They included numerous minefields laid by Russia over the past 18 months; an extensive defensive trench network, dug in three lines; and kamikaze and first person view (FPV) drones.
Pentagon officials have criticised Ukraine’s battlefield strategy and suggested that a large concentration of forces at a single point could achieve quicker results.
“A return to ‘offensive’ tactics after almost a year of defence is not easy for the troops,” they said, adding that Ukraine’s forces would seek to regain lost positions.
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Top Ukrainian officer lied. Russia took Avdiivka.
There’s nothing but bad news for Ukraine on this direction.
All these downvotes mean nothing in face of truth after time has passed.
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