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The capture of Avdiivka is Russia’s first major achievement in nine months, but it doesn’t leave any side looking good. For Russia, it was a Pyrrhic victory that consumed an army’s worth of equipment and killed or mangled estimated tens of thousands of Russian men to capture a city with marginal strategic importance. Avdiivka is valuable mostly as a set piece for Vladimir Putin’s victory propaganda ahead of the upcoming presidential elections.

Ukraine has withdrawn from the Donetsk town Russia launched an offensive towards in October.

The White House dismissed Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid for direct talks with President Joe Biden to resolve an impasse over border security and Ukraine aid.

The fortress city has become the nexus of Russias winter offensive, and a graveyard for tens of thousands on both sides.

Ivan Sekach, the head of media relations for the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade, some units of which had been withdrawn from Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, for the first time in two years, spoke in an interview with NV Radio on Feb. 13 about the situation in the area.

The speaker of the 110th brigade revealed the details.

Some units of the 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade in Avdiivka have been replaced by other units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Source: Ivan Sekach, Chief of Public Relations of the 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after Marko Bezruchko, in an interview with Radio Liberty on 13 February Quote: "We lack sufficient capabilities to maintain control of the city, but reinforcements are arriving, and we rely on friendly units.

The spokesperson did not specify which units are involved, but Forbes reported that the 3rd Airborne Assault Brigade was being sent to save the city.