No Escape From Avdiivka. The USUK-Ukienazi Insanity Continues

Kiev forces lost more than 1,500 troops while withdrawing from the strategic town of Avdeevka in Donetsk in the last 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on 18 February. Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported to Putin on the complete liberation of Avdeevka by the Tsentr Group of Forces. According to the ministry, as a result of the successful Russian operation an area of square kilometers, including Avdeevka, was liberated. MoD spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said that the Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky’s order to abandon Avdeevka was issued only 24 hours after Ukrainian troops began their uncontrolled withdrawal from the town. “The order of the Ukrainian commander-in-chief Syrsky to abandon the town was issued only one day after the uncontrolled flight of Ukrainian troops from Avdeyevka began,” he said. Only a few scattered units of Ukrainian troops managed to leave Avdeevka under the fire of Russian troops, abandoning their weapons, according to the spokesman. “At present, measures are being taken to finally clear the city of militants, to block the Ukrainian units that left the city and entrenched themselves in the Avdeevka coke and chemical plant,” Konashenkov added. Russian troops continued to deploy in Avdeevka, according to new videos.