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According to information from Kiev, the heavy fighting for the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine continues. President Zelensky wants to digitize arms deliveries to the army and thus make them more efficient. The developments in the live blog.
According to international experts, the heavy fighting for the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine is still ongoing. The Russian attackers have probably managed to occupy around 4.5 square kilometers in the past few days, said the US Institute for War Studies (ISW) with.
At the same time, the report emphasized: “Russian forces have not made any major breakthroughs near Avdiivka as of October 12 and are unlikely to immediately cut off Ukrainian forces in the city.”
There are currently more men among refugees from Ukraine in Germany than at the beginning of the war, says the Munich Ifo Institute in a survey of 1,517 Ukrainians. Currently it is 21 percent, in May/June 2022 it was only seven percent.
“Women with their children who fled to Germany at the beginning of the war return to their families if possible,” says Ifo researcher Tetyana Panchenko. Ukrainians from regions heavily affected by the war are now coming to Germany more often than in the beginning. Over time, the refugees have become slightly less educated and less wealthy. Some refugees who cannot maintain their usual standard of living in Germany have already returned to their homeland.
According to information from Kiev, the heavy fighting for the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine continues. “Our defenders are bravely holding their position,” the Ukrainian General Staff said in its situation report. Seven Russian attacks on the small town and seven more on nearby towns were repelled, the military leadership in Kiev wrote. Russian military bloggers, on the other hand, wrote about further terrain gains by Moscow troops. The information provided by both sides cannot be independently verified.
The commander of the southern sector of the front “Taurien”, Brigadier General Olexander Tarnavskyj, wrote on Telegram that heavy losses were being inflicted on the Russian attackers. However, the difficult situation of the Ukrainian defenders is made clear by the General Staff report on Russian air strikes in the area.
In recent months, Moscow has only used its aircraft sporadically, partly because Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses have inflicted heavy losses on the Russian Air Force. But now, in addition to Avdiivka, the towns of Novokalinowe, Keramik and Stepowe to the northwest were also bombed.
Avdiivka is located in the immediate vicinity of the large city of Donetsk, which has been controlled by pro-Russian forces since 2014. The heavily developed fortress has been contested for months. The aim of the Russian offensive, which has been intensified again over the last two days, is apparently to cut off Avdiivka from supplies and to encircle the Ukrainian troops stationed there.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj wants to make arms deliveries to his own military more efficient through a digital directory. This creates a better understanding of the supply of soldiers and possible deficits, he said in his daily video address.
Zelensky was convinced that this would also make it possible to better compare the situation reports in Kiev with the actual situation at the front and to quickly provide Western partners with information about the use of the weapons they supplied.
He once again thanked the West for arms and ammunition deliveries, but also made it clear that Ukraine’s goal must be to be largely self-sufficient in the military sector. After the attack on Israel by the militant Islamist Hamas, fears were raised in Kiev that aid from the USA and Europe for their own country could wane in view of the new trouble spot.
According to the Finance Ministry, the economy in Ukraine will grow by four percent this year despite the war. According to the military, the Ukrainian armed forces repelled several attacks near Avdiivka. Thursday’s live blog for reading.