The situation on the Eastern Front has “significantly deteriorated”, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian forces said on Saturday.
He noted an “intensification” of the offensive by the Russian army, which claimed the capture of a village near Avdiïvka.
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New alert from Ukraine. The commander-in-chief of the kyiv forces said on Saturday April 13 that the situation on the Eastern Front had “considerably deteriorated”. Oleksandr Syrskya noticed a “intensification” of the offensive of the Russian army, which claimed the capture of a village near Avdiïvka. In Moscow, the Ministry of Defense assured that Russian soldiers had made a new advance by seizing this locality, Pervomaiské, southwest of Avdiïvka, a town conquered in February.
The Russians are also pushing towards Chassiv Yar, a key locality in the eastern part of Ukraine which is now located “under constant fire”, according to kyiv. For General Syrsky, “The situation on the Eastern Front has deteriorated considerably in recent days.” “This is primarily due to a significant intensification of the enemy’s offensive after the presidential election in Russia,” in mid-March, he wrote on Telegram.
Russian troops attack Ukrainian positions in the Lyman and Bakhmut sectors “with assault groups supported by armored vehicles”, as well as in Pokrovsk, he said. “This is made possible by the hot and dry weather, which makes most open areas accessible to tanks”, explained General Syrsky. Despite its losses, the Russian army deploys “new armored units”which allows it to garner “tactical successes”.
