#donetsk oblast

[the-nomadicone]

Mariupol Offensive // Donetsk People’s Republic

[kramlabs]

Putin’s St. George speech after signing treaties with republics*

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*check out the amazing beauty of St. George Hall. Almost as stunning as the Moscow subways:

This is the Moscow subways, the fucking god damn subways(!). Everything we’ve been taught in the west is a lie:

[pseudomonas-aeruginosa]

[warningsine]

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Russian forces pummelled the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka from the ground and air on Friday, the fourth day of intense fighting in the biggest offensive by Russian forces in months.

Ukraine said its forces were holding their ground but Vitaliy Barabash, the head of Avdiivka's military administration, said the town was under constant attack from air, artillery and large numbers of troops.

"The battles have been going on for four days now. Fierce and really non-stop ... They are firing from everything they have available," Barabash said in televised comments.

"It was a very hot night in Avdiivka. There were several air strikes on the city itself ... the attacks do not stop day or night."

The attack on Avdiivka is one of the few big assaults Russia has mounted since Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive in early June to try to drive out Russian troops occupying large swathes of territory in the east and south.

In the last few months, Russia has focused on holding back Ukrainian forces who have made slow progress through Russian minefields and heavily fortified trenches, and on carrying out air strikes on port and grain infrastructure.

But Kyiv says Moscow has massed troops around Avdiivka and sent in heavy equipment, enabling it to hit back hard.

It says Moscow aims to encircle and capture the town, just northwest of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, and draw in Ukrainian troops from other fronts.

Reuters was unable to verify the battlefield reports.

'OUR LAND'

Avdiivka is home to a big coking plant and has become a symbol of resistance as it has prevented Russia taking full control of the Donetsk region, which Russia says it has annexed.

The town has not only held out against Russia's forces since its full-scale invasion in February 2022 but has resisted capture since 2014, when Russian-backed militants seized territory in east Ukraine after Russian forces captured Crimea.

"The Russians threw a lot of forces in this direction. They are betting on quantity. Our army is holding positions in heavy fighting," Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential office, wrote on the X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter.

"Avdiivka. A Ukrainian city. Our land," he wrote.

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday its forces had inflicted damage on Ukrainian troops in areas including Avdiivka but gave few details. Russian military bloggers have hailed limited Russian advances near Avdiivka this week.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said their troops had in the past 24 hours repelled more than 20 Russian attacks in the area around Avdiivka and nearby villages.

Barabash said that one person had been confirmed killed, and that two civilians who were trapped under rubble were also likely to be dead.

He said the delivery of humanitarian aid and food had been halted during the intense fighting but the town was well stocked and had reserves for a few months.

He estimated on Thursday that some 1,600 residents remained in Avdiivka, which had a pre-war population of 32,000.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), an American non-profit research group, said that as of Thursday, Russian forces had not secured any major breakthroughs near Avdiivka and were unlikely to immediately cut off Ukrainian forces in the town.

It estimated that Russian forces have captured 4.52 square kilometres (1.75 square miles) of territory around Avdiivka since the beginning of their offensive on Tuesday.

Geolocated footage indicated that Russian forces had likely lost at least a battalion tactical group's worth of armoured vehicles in the Avdiivka offensive, it said.

[paulborst]

Moscow's withdrawal from Lyman represents a "significant political setback" and drew public criticism in Russia because the city is in Donetsk Oblast, a top-priority Ukraine region Russia is attempting to "liberate," the British Defense Ministry said in its latest war assessment.

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Vuhledar, Ukraine

 Russian war crimes that never end.

[the-nomadicone]

Bezimenne // Donetsk People’s Republic

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Via smoothieX12:

[modealer-dailynews]

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[suratan-zir]

My grandmother's town in Donetsk oblast (Myrnohrad) is being shelled by the russians almost daily. She is afraid that she will have no home to return to, and she's probably right. Luckily, the UK, where she found refuge, recently extended her visa for another year and a half, so she's very happy and relieved. She's learning English, which is not the easiest task at her age, especially considering that she has also switched from russian, the language she has spoken all her life, to Ukrainian.

It is so hard to start a brand new life, the life you didn't choose, in your late years. Her grandson (my cousin) is in the UAF, fighting invaders. Her house could be destroyed any day. But at least she found new friends in the UK, she's by the sea and she feels welcomed. Just thought my UK mutuals might be happy to hear that their country is doing a good thing. Thank you ❤️

she sent me this photo the other day

[mapsontheweb]

Russia's control over the annexed regions of Ukraine after 2 years of war

The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24. February 2022. In the first weeks Russia made significant territorial gains. However Ukraine had won the most important battle of the war: the Battle of Kyiv. Russian troops retreated from Northern Ukraine by April 2022. Russia captured Mariupol in May 2022 following a destructive siege. On 30 September 2022 the Russian Federation formally annexed Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia oblasts although not entirely controlling any of them. The Ukrainians launched successful counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts, liberating Kherson city. The Russians managed to take Bakhmut and Avdiivka of Donetsk oblast. As of today the war is in a stage called war of attrition with minimal territorial gains and large losses on both sides.

by hunmapper