'None of it made any sense:' Understanding Russia's disastrous offensive on Avdiivka
Winter is coming in Ukraine, and as it approaches, just as last year, Russia has gone on the offensive in the east. Starting on Oct. 9, dozens of Russian armored vehicles backed by thousands of infantry personnel, artillery, and air power, were launched at the flanks of the city of Avdiivka, a Ukrainian stronghold city still standing since 2014 just outside occupied Donetsk. Instead of the rapid advances Moscow was hoping for, the Russian attacking force achieved fame as the main characters in a seemingly endless stream of Ukrainian drone footage of destroyed Russian armor in the fields arou...
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