Avdeevka falling to the Russians - Ukraine suffering across the line - Su27 pilot defects to Russia

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Avdeevka
2014 - fortified/reinforced - 16 square kilometres
More and more reports coming out that the commanding AFU officers in Avdeevka have been evacuated from the city.
Artillery attacks on Donetsk city
Stepove, Ocheretino, Novokalynove, Koksokhimzavod, and Avdeevka's industrial zone are the focal points of the conflict.
UKR Report… “Russian forces are not halted and are achieving tactical successes. Currently, efforts are focused on delaying them rather than stopping. Prospects are uncertain due to the balance of forces, resources, and the ongoing operational challenges.”
After having liberated Step/ov/oye (Petrovsky), north of Avdeevka, the Russian Forces have withdrawn from it but Ukrainians have not tried to recapture it, both sides realize that the lack of fortifications in the small village make it a trap for whoever tries to control it without securing the flanks, it's now in the grey zone.

East of the Avdeevka coke-chemical plant, active combat persists. A significant portion of the plant transitions to a gray zone due to Ukrainian forces' withdrawal. Russian forces also make gains along the railway.
South of the Avdeevka perimeter, Russian troops continue attacks, advancing towards the dacha settlement "Yagodka."
Russian forces also push forward in the industrial zone north of Yasinovatsky Lane in southeast Avdeevka. Ukrainian analysts acknowledge a "highly complex situation" in this area.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports that Russian forces conduct assault operations in areas including Keramik, east of Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Avdeevka, and south of Tonenke, with 17 recorded attacks.
Under artillery and mortar fire, Ukrainian positions in over 15 populated areas, including Alexandropol, Ocheretino, Stepove, Avdeevka, Severne, and Netaylovo, are affected.
North - Ocher/it/ino Step/ov/e Ber/dy/chi Krasno/horivka Novo/kalinovo
RUS strengthened the northern pincer - UKR knocked out of the forest plantation south of the settlement of Novokalinovo, the positions were cleared, and reconnaissance in force was carried out in the area of the railway northwest of the settlement of Krasnogorovka
Russian forces have advanced south east of the slag heap/dump and control water treatment plant
UKR reportedly retreated from Stepove - leaving it now in the gray zone
South - O/pyt/ne Vod/ya/ne
Expectation that sever fighting will commence in coming days as Russians begin to assault the most heavily reinforced areas of the Coke Plant

Other areas
_ after weeks of fighting the Russian Army has finally managed to take control of the village of Spornoye, east of Seversk
Russian forces recaptured Andreevka, yes, it's the same settlement that the Ukrainians conquered during the "greatest counteroffensive" with huge losses, Russian reconnaissance groups entered inside it and found no AFU troops there so it looks like they decided to retreat, basically it was retaken by Russia without losses, or at least it's in the grey zone
_ Russian forces managed to reach the outskirts of the strategically important town of Bogdanovka, west of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), as result of the successful offensive launched in the north-west of Artemovsk a few weeks ago, it's increasingly likely that Russian Forces are going to storm it in the coming hours or days

The supply of F-16 aircraft is under threat: a high-ranking pilot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces defected to the Russian side and hijacked a Su-27 aircraft. Meanwhile, Russia has begun to destroy Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, so far only with drones.

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