Enemy tries to cut the road to Stepove near Avdiivka and seize coke plant at any cost - Barabash

Enemy tries to cut the road to Stepove near Avdiivka and seize coke plant at any cost - Barabash

Kyiv  •  UNN

December 5 2023, 11:06 AM  •  28308 views

Ukrainian troops repelled enemy attacks near Avdiivka, retained control of Stepove and prevented the enemy from reaching the coke plant despite continuous assaults. Fierce fighting continues along the entire front line, with the enemy targeting logistics routes.

Enemy units are attacking Avdiivka almost around the clock from the direction of Stepove and the coke plant, but they were driven out of Stepove, and the enemy has never managed to break through to the coke plant. to break through. This was reported on Radio Liberty by the head of the Avdiivka Vitaliy Barabash, the head of the Avdiivka city military administration, reports a UNN correspondent .

They received an order to enter the city, regardless of losses. In the direction of the Avdiivka coke plant, they continue to attack plant, they continue to attack almost around the clock, with different groups, they use equipment, regardless of the weather. Sometimes they reach almost the fence, but never fence, but they have never entered the coke plant

- said Vitaliy Barabash.

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He noted that heavy fighting continues along the entire frontline. heavy fighting continues along the entire front line near Avdiivka: the enemy is pressing and trying to to find gaps in our defense. The enemy pays a lot of attention to Stepove, Avdiivka coke plant and the entire industrial zone. He explained that by capturing Stepove they want to to cut off logistics - this is the closest direction for them, and there is an important road for important road for the city's defenders.

He noted that yesterday and the day before yesterday, Ukrainian soldiers carried out stabilization operations, as a result of which the enemy in Stepove and the village is controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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