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Experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have stated that the Russian military leadership is talking about the "active defence" of Avdiivka to hide "the lack of any major Russian progress around Avdivka" and to explain the inability of the Russians to "translate tactical gains into operationally significant advances.
The command of Ukraine's Ground Forces reports that the Russians "have gathered appropriate reserves" on the Bakhmut front and are moving to offensive actions. Source: Volodymyr Fito, Chief of the Public Relations Service of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Command, on the air of the national 24/7 newscast Details: According to the spokesman, the Russian forces are trying to regain lost ground.
Terrorist and former Russian officer Igor Girkin believes that Russian forces will be "less capable of offensive operations than they are now" by the spring of 2024. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Girkin's wife Miroslava Reginskaya made public a handwritten letter from her husband dated 26 October, in which he summarised the front-line situation in Ukraine for the month of October.
On 2 November, the Russian army conducted unsuccessful offensive actions on the Kupiansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka, Shakhtarsk, and Zaporizhzhia fronts. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 2 November Quote: "During the day, the Air Force of the Defence Forces carried out 13 strikes on areas where Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated and two on the Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
The Avdiivka spoil tip, which the Russians were so eager to access, is not a mine but a waste dump. It has a flat surface, a rolled top. Trucks brought loads of mining waste there one at a time. It is a giant landfill, I would call it that. But it is still growing into a real waste heap. It is located to the north of Avdiivka coke plant.