DeepState: Russians capture Lastochkine in Donetsk Oblast

The analytical portal DeepState announced the capture of the village of Lastochkine in the Donetsk Oblast. The military explains that by withdrawing from their positions, they are trying to preserve personnel. At the same time, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the army repelled the attacks.

On February 17, the occupiers captured Avdiivka. In October, the Russians began an offensive on the city located 13 km from the occupied Donetsk.

Did the Russians capture Lastochkine?

The analytical portal DeepState reported that the Russians had captured the village of Lastochkine, which is located in the Avdiivka district.

This information was denied by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stating that the Ukrainian military repelled 14 Russian attacks in the area of the settlements of Lastochkine, Sievierna, Pervomaiskie and Nevelske in the Donetsk Oblast in the Avdiivka district.

At the same time, a military officer of the 24th separate assault battalion Ajdar Stanislav Bunyatov admitted that the Armed Forces had withdrawn from Lastochkine.

The day before, Russian military Telegram channels announced the capture of Lastochkine.

The Ground Forces are in a dangerous situation

The Ukrainian Ground Forces are in their most dangerous situation since the first months of the war. The New York Times wrote about it.

The Russians captured Avdiivka on February 17, which was Moscow's first major success on the battlefield since the capture of Bakhmut in May of last year.

However, across the 600-mile front, Ukraine is running out of ammunition without renewed US military aid and is struggling to replenish its depleted forces after two years of brutal fighting.

The Russian attack was divided into five main lines of attack, covering cities along most of the front in eastern and southern Ukraine. Here is the state of the Russian offensive in five critical battles: in the Avdiivka, Maryinsky, Robotynsky, Kreminsky and Bakhmut directions.

The Russians occupied Avdiivka

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrski announced the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Avdiivka.

The commander of the Tavria operational-strategic group Oleksandr Tarnavsky informed that the military left Avdiivka and went to previously prepared positions. According to him, in the situation that developed in the city, this is the only solution.

In a situation where the enemy attacks the corpses of his own soldiers with a ten-to-one advantage in shells, under constant shelling, this is the only right decision.

The night before, Tarnavsky reported that heavy fighting was taking place in Avdiivka, and as a result of the constant shelling, the fire at the Avdiivka Coke Plant continued, as a result of which the Russian terrorists set fire to a tank with naphthalene and bitumen resin residues located in the warehouse. shelling.

"Unfortunately, several fighters were captured", the commander added.