The Ukrainian Art Of Coping

 

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The facts (machine translation):

The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to withdraw troops from Avdiivka. DeepState writes about the capture of the Russian coke plant and "9 quarter" - Strana, Feb 17 2024

Deputy commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Maxim Zhorin said that as of 13 hours on February 17, the operation to withdraw troops from Avdiivka is still ongoing.

He stated this in his Telegram channel.

"Leaving Avdiivka was the right and logical decision. But very difficult to implement. The overall situation in this area is difficult, and very difficult battles are waiting for us ahead, " Zhorin said.

The Ukrainian military public DeepState confirms the capture of the Avdiivka Coke plant and 9 Kvartal by the Russians.

Thus, judging by the map published by the resource, almost all of Avdiivka has already come under the control of the Russian Federation. The new front line runs east of Lastochkino.

Earlier, the Russians published a video about the Avdiivka City Administration and the City Council.

It is located near the area of high-rise buildings "9 quarter" and is already under the control of the Russian Federation.

Also, Russian telegram channels publish a video of the installation of the Russian flag, allegedly over one of the buildings of the Avdiivka Coke plant.

Now comes Ukrainian art of 'coping' with the its utter defeat:

Air defence forces down 3 Russian aircraft in Ukraine's east this morning - Pravda.ua, Feb 17

Details: It is noted that two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers and one Su-35 fighter were shot down.

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Zelenskyy: For death of one Ukrainian, there are seven Russians in Avdiivka - Pravda.us, Feb 17

Quote from Zelenskyy: "I cannot tell you the number of casualties we have. For example, in Avdiivka, I have just compared the numbers – it’s one to seven.

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We gave worthy fight in Avdiivka – Сommander of 3rd Assault Brigade - Pravda.ua, Feb 17

Quote: ... "We are retreating to prepared positions to come back and strike back even harder. I am grateful to the command for their balanced decision. The battle continues."

There are of course no facts to support any of the above cope claim. There are lots of counter-factuals that which make it unlikely that any of those claims are true.

Posted by b on February 17, 2024 at 14:55 UTC | Permalink

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