In the Tavria operational area, the Russian army has focused its activity in the Donetsk region. There, after the losses in Avdiivka, the enemy is regrouping, pulling up reserves and actively using aviation. This was stated by the commander of the operational and strategic grouping of troops "Tavria" Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavsky in his Telegram channel, UNN reports.
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According to him, the Russians are concentrating their main activity in Donetsk region. Thus, in the Avdiivka sector, our defenders repelled 19 enemy attacks in the areas of Stepove, Lastochkine, Severne, Pervomayske and Nevelske over the past day.
The enemy is regrouping, having suffered huge losses during the Avdiivka operation, pulling up reserves, and actively using aviation again. But our troops are also strengthening their echelon defense, reinforcing with additional units, and creating new firing positions
Tarnavsky also said that in the Mariinka sector, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Heorhiivka, Pobeda and Novomykhailivka.
In the Zaporizhzhya sector, Ukrainian troops repelled eight enemy attacks in the area of Robotyno, where Russians are trying to conduct offensive actions in small assault groups, again using ATVs. Over the course of February 21, three Russian ATVs were destroyed and damaged.
Total enemy losses amounted to 515 people in manpower and 46 units in weapons and military equipment (excluding UAVs). In particular, these include 4 tanks, 14 armored personnel carriers, 6 artillery systems, 1 MLRS, 1 ATGM, and 20 vehicles. 328 UAVs of various types were neutralized or shot down. The Ukrainian Defense Forces also destroyed 5 enemy ammunition depots
In total, the aggressor carried out 37 air strikes in the Tavria operational area, engaged in 42 combat engagements and 1270 artillery attacks, and used kamikaze drones 90 times.