Day 353: February 11Yesterday’s disastrous attack on Vuhledar that cost the Russians a tank battalion turned out to be just the beginning because today’s fresh footage from the Avdiivka front showed much more catastrophic losses, especially in manpower. Here, three days ago, I told you that the Russians launched a series of intense attacks along the whole contact line in an attempt to disperse Ukrainian troops, weaken the flanks, and penetrate Ukrainian defenses in front of Vodiane. The Ukrainians have concentrated a lot of forces in front of Vodiane, which are frequently rotated to keep them fresh and not let the Russians take control over the hills. In order to force the Ukrainians to move these troops away to the other side of Avdiivka, the Russians launched the heaviest attacks toward Krasnohorivka and Kamianka. This is probably the most suicidal direction for the Russians because the local geography here is perfect for defense. If we look closer, we can see that there is a road embankment, which creates the first obstacle. Secondly, if we look at the topographic map, we can see that the main Russian positions are in the lowlands. And thirdly, the Ukrainians are controlling several artificial hills near the coal mines, which gives them total control over the region. These hills play a crucial role during the defense of Kamianske, which the Russians can attack from Yasynuvata. As a result, during the first wave of attacks, the Russians lost 10 armored fighting vehicles, including 2 tanks, and a whole platoon of killed in action. During the second wave of attacks, the Russians decided to save armored vehicles and sent more infantry into the fields, which resulted in the losses of 3 armored fighting vehicles, including 2 tanks and another whole platoon of killed in action. The next waves of attacks were lighter but, in total, the Russians lost around 40 armored vehicles, including 7 tanks, and hundreds of troops killed in action. And talking about the whole Ukraine, Russian losses continue to stay at around 1 thousand soldiers killed per day. Interestingly, a Ukrainian soldier that is operating in this region said that since the beginning of this war, the Russians lost around 3 brigades worth of armor only between Krasnohorivka and Kamianka. 3 brigades are roughly 120 tanks and 480 infantry fighting vehicles. This is not surprising since Avdiivka was one of the main epicenters in Ukraine at the beginning of the war when the Russians were trying to penetrate Ukrainian defenses between New York and Avdiivka. Other news is coming from the Zaporizhzhia region. Here the Ukrainians conducted an extensive fire mission on the Melitopol Air Base and targeted the areas of forces concentrations and ammunition depots. The Ukrainian Head of Melitopol stated that the attack was conducted using HIMARS. He said that there were at least 7 direct hits within 40 minutes, and as a result, the Ukrainians reportedly destroyed several ammunition depots, at least one warehouse with heavy equipment, and at least one place where Russian troops resided. The Russians, on the other hand, conducted yesterday a massive missile strike on Ukraine, targeting critical infrastructure. Ukrainian military sources reported that Russian forces launched over 100 missiles against critical and civil infrastructure throughout Ukraine. The Ukrainian General Staff noted that Ukrainian air defense intercepted 61 of the cruise missiles.
11 Feb: FOOTAGE: New Russian Attack TURNS INTO A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE | War in Ukraine Explained
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