First published at 19:19 UTC on May 19th, 2022.
5/19/2022 Looks like they'll either surrender or it will be another "shooting fish in the barrel with artillery" type of situation.
Machine translation:
Judging from the interview given by Abkhaz, commander of the Pyatnashka Battalion o…
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5/19/2022 Looks like they'll either surrender or it will be another "shooting fish in the barrel with artillery" type of situation.
Machine translation:
Judging from the interview given by Abkhaz, commander of the Pyatnashka Battalion of the DNR People’s Militia, to Rudenko, Avdeevka has become
the new Azovstal to replace the old and broken one.
The Ukrainian garrison at Avdeevka has been blockaded in the town, unable to exit or even conduct artillery strikes. As soon as they attempt to take firing positions, counter-battery fire forces them back.
Abkhaz also remarked on the wisdom of the Allied military command, which resists emotions and the impulse to achieve showy results through the blood of the Allied soldiers. Rather than wasting personnel for medical victories, operations are planned carefully and with regard to preserving soldiers’ lives.
[GB: This corresponds to the Russian tactics in Donbass, where artillery, missile strikes, and air strikes are used to comprehensively rout the Ukrainian resistance before any forward advance by armoured groups or infantry is attempted.]
I would venture to predict that the fall of Avdeevka is not far away.
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