The United Kingdom confirms a “slight advance” by the Russian army near the city of Avdiivka in Donetsk

British intelligence services confirmed on Tuesday that “slight progress” had been made by the Russian army in the vicinity of the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region (east), amid a “high level of operational activities” in the region since the last time. Three days. “The Avdiivka-Pokrovsk sector remained the main potential effort for Russian forces over the past 72 hours, with a high level of operational activity,” they added, before noting that Russian forces had made advances near Sokol and Yevnevka. Thus, they highlighted that Russian forces were approaching “on a parallel axis about three kilometers to the south” from the vicinity of Novoselevka Percha, while they had not made “significant advances” to the south despite their “major attacks westward.” Netilov. They said, according to a statement published by the British Ministry of Defense on its social media account, that “the Russian attacks on the town of Nevelsk have been repelled, according to available information, and are likely to remain in the hands of the Ukrainians.” . British intelligence services confirmed on Friday that the Russian military would have suffered nearly 500,000 combat casualties as part of the invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022 on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with a “cutting off level” of losses so far in 2024. This number is much higher than that confirmed by the Russian authorities so far.