The commander of the Tavria operational and strategic grouping, Major General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, said that two days ago, Russian occupiers launched a massive offensive supported by armoured vehicles in the Avdiivka and Maryinka sectors with active use of aviation and, accordingly, guided aerial bombs.
Russians launch massive offensive at Avdiivka and Maryinka directions
In two days — 19 air strikes. The offensive continues. Our soldiers are holding the line, he wrote on Telegram.
In particular, 42 hostile attacks were repelled yesterday east of Novobakhmutivka, south of Pivnichne and Tonenke, as well as in the areas of Avdiivka, Pervomaiske and Nevelske.
On Sunday, 10 December, Ukrainian troops repelled 49 attacks in the Avdiivka sector and destroyed 11 Russian tanks and 15 armoured vehicles.
Tarnavsky notes that the occupants are trying to advance both to the north and south near Avdiivka. They have also become more active in Maryinka, Krasnohorivka and Novomykhailivka districts, where they repelled 14 attacks over the past day.
At the same time, in the Melitopol sector, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively engaged and inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces.
Tarnavsky said that the enemy's total losses in this area over the past day amounted to 430 people, and seven pieces of military equipment were destroyed - three tanks, two MLRS and a piece of special equipment.
What we know about the situation in Avdiivka and Maryinka
The spokesperson for the Tavria Air Force Command noted that the Russian occupiers would use armoured vehicles, not only old but also modern ones, in their attacks on the convoy.
We can feel it very much. The enemy has moved forward, yesterday they launched a massive offensive with the support of armoured vehicles — both in the Avdiivka and Maryinka sectors. They were actively using aviation, dropping guided aerial bombs," emphasised Mr Stupun.
According to him, units of the occupying army of the Russian Federation are trying to advance both in the north and in the south.
Columns of armoured vehicles are moving. That means tanks, armoured personnel carriers, armoured personnel carriers. Yesterday our soldiers destroyed 11 Russian tanks and 15 armoured vehicles — they were completely destroyed. There is still some damaged equipment that will be burned by our aerial reconnaissance men, emphasised the spokesman.
Stupun stressed that Russian war criminals use both old military equipment, such as MT-LB armoured personnel carriers, and new equipment, such as the rather rare BTR-90, during assaults.
He noted that the Ukrainian military had recently destroyed a Russian BMD-4 made in 2015-2016 in Zaporizhzhia region.
The Tavria spokesperson also added that the command of the Russian criminal army continues to transfer reserves to replenish losses, but there have been cases when the newly arrived occupiers did not have the appropriate equipment and were forced to take helmets, body armour and other protective equipment from other wounded or killed Russian army personnel.
