Record RUssian Armor, Personnel Losses in Failed Attempt to Take Avdiivka by Storm; UKRaine’s Forces Destroy RU’s Logistics Hub; UKR’s Defenses Destroy All Kamikaze RU Drones Launched Overnight; Zelenskyy Says RU Naval Assets No Longer Safe Near Crimea, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

Record Russian armor, personnel losses in failed attempt to take Avdiivka by storm:

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.

Two weeks in, the offensive has been an undisputed failure so far. Russian gains have amounted to little more than a handful of treelines on the flanks.

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 around the city.

The scenes captured from the air are dramatic, showing tens of millions of dollars worth Russian equipment falling victim to Ukrainian artillery, anti-tank fire, and FPV (first-person view) kamikaze drones. Videos filmed by Russian and Ukrainian soldiers on the ground show dozens of dead bodies scattered among the destroyed vehicles.

“It was pure chaos, the amount of troops they were sending into the assault was pretty ridiculous,” said Ryan O’Leary, the American commander of Chosen Company, an assault unit of foreign volunteer fighters in the 59th Mechanized Brigade, to the Kyiv Independent.

“It doesn’t seem like the Russians even knew what they were doing, it doesn’t seem like it was planned out very well, at least the ground troops didn’t have a clue.”

On Oct. 19, after a brief lull in the fighting, Russia sent fresh waves of armored vehicles at Avdiivka, with the same result: heavy losses in heavy battles with very little gains to speak of.

The scale of the carnage that day was revealed in the daily report on Russian losses the next morning. —>READ MORE HERE

Ukrainian Rocket Forces and Artillery destroy Russia’s logistics hub – General Staff:

Units from the Rocket Forces and Artillery of the Defence Forces destroyed 12 artillery pieces and Russia’s logistics hub during the day; the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Tuesday evening.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 24 October.

Details: The aviation of the Defence Forces carried out 13 strikes on clusters of Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment, and three more on anti-aircraft missile systems.

A total of 54 combat clashes took place during the day. The Russian army launched five missile strikes and 33 air strikes and carried out 42 attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.

Ukraine’s Defence Forces continue to conduct an offensive operation on the Melitopol front and assault actions on the Bakhmut front.

Quote: “On the Kupiansk front, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations with the support of aviation near Synkivka and Ivanivka (Kharkiv Oblast). Here, the Defence Forces repelled eight Russian attacks.

On the Lyman front, the Defence Forces repelled all hostile attacks near Nadiia and Makiivka (Luhansk Oblast). —>READ MORE HERE

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