Ukraine Evacuating 'Post-Apocalyptic' Frontline Near Bakhmut: Official
"Putin Has A Problem: The Russian Military Is Getting Slaughtered In Ukraine"
By Matthew Impelli On 3/27/23 at 12:48 PM EDT
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Ukraine recently made the decision to evacuate a town near the frontlines of Bakhmut, which has been described by an official as similar to "a scene from post-apocalyptic movies."
In a Facebook .. https://www.newsweek.com/topic/facebook .. post, Vitalii Barabash, a Ukrainian official in the town of Avdiivka said, "It's a shame to admit it, but Avdiivka is increasingly becoming like a place from post-apocalyptic movies or... On the way out destroyed."
"The moon landscape is painted by Russians with rockets on our land—day by day harder. Therefore, a difficult decision was made to evacuate from Avdíivka the rest of our heroes—utilities, who at least somehow tried to maintain the cleanliness and vitality of the city," the post said. The translation has not been verified by Newsweek.
"So now I don't ask, I strongly recommend leaving Avdiivka, because Russian rockets and missiles do not spare anyone and anything, whatever views you do not follow!" it added.
A man rides his bicycle through an area destroyed after a strike in the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, on March 18, 2023. On Monday, March 27, 2023, an official in the town of Avdiivka described the region as similar to a "post-apocalyptic" movie. Getty Images/Aris Messinis / AFP
The comments by Barabash come amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, with intense fighting in the town of Bakhmut. According to The Moscow Times, an independent online newspaper based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the town of Avdiivka is located on the frontlines just south of Bakhmut.
[Insert: Good to see other oligarchs "Yosif Prigozhin, a music producer, and Farkhad Akhmedov" (bottom yours) are unflattering of Putin too.]
According to the Associated Press, Ukrainian General Valerii Zaluzhnyi recently said that "The Bakhmut direction is the most difficult. Thanks to the titanic efforts of the defense forces, the situation is being stabilized."
The U.K. Ministry of Defence also made similar remarks about the fighting in Bakhmut in a recent intelligence update posted to Twitter .. https://www.newsweek.com/topic/twitter
The update mentioned a shifted Russian focus on the area of Avdiivka.
"Russia has likely shifted its operational focus towards Avdiivka, south of Bakhmut, and to the Kremina-Svatove sector in the north, areas where Russia likely only aspires to stabilize its front line," the update said. "This suggests an overall return to a more defensive operational design after inconclusive results from its attempts to conduct general offensive since January 2023."
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