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Moscow's forces claimed the barrage successfully struck Ukrainian bunkers, ammunition depots and armored vehicle concentrations around the city. However, these assertions could not be independently verified.
Unmanned Orlan-30 drones operated by Russian artillery spotters flit overhead, vectoring in the howitzer batteries and correcting their aim onto new targets across the ruins of the town. Each strike gouges fresh craters and inflicts new damage on already severely degraded infrastructure.
Ukrainian forces have reportedly retreated to the western part of the village of Lastochkino, situated northwest of the city of Avdeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
Konstantin Gavrilov, head of the Russian delegation to negotiations on military security and arms control in Vienna, who hailed the operation as a demonstration of the prowess of the Russian military.
Russian forces have made notable advancements in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry in a statement released on February 17.