Videos circulating on social media showed what has been described as a 'Russian kamikaze attempt' to take Avdiivka.
Russia reportedly suffered major equipment losses in a battle for the Ukrainian-held eastern Donbas town of Avdiivka on Wednesday, and lost 990 soldiers, 42 tanks, and 32 artillery systems overall in one day, according to Kyiv's military.Videos circulating on social media showed what one online commenter described as a 'Russian kamikaze attempt' to take the largely destroyed town which resulted in a large number of Russian tanks and equipment being destroyed by Ukrainian artillery.
''For over a year, there has been the danger that can be occupied, but now the situation has worsened rapidly,' Vitaliy Barabash, head Avdiivka's administration, told the Agence France-Presse news agency earlier this week.Newsweek has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry for comment via email.Geolocated footage from October 10 and 11 confirms that Russian troops advanced southwest of Avdiivka near Sieverne and northwest of Avdiivka near Stepove and Krasnohorivka, the ISW said.
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