Russia's Avdiivka Attack Casualties Up 90 Percent, Cost 10,000 Men Per Kilometer

That's a lot of dead bodies for rubble and wasteland. 

While Putin's political calculations are clear - sacrifice Russians to exhaust Ukraine and its allies - it is not clear the strategy will work and is almost certainly a poisoned chalice of shattered lands. JL
 

The Kyiv Independent reports:

In a little more than two months... the enemy lost 25,000 men dead and wounded, about 200 tanks, and over 400 armored vehicles in the Tavria group's area of responsibility in Donetsk Oblast." Russian troops advanced between one and half–two kilometers in some areas of Donetsk Oblast's Avdiivka sector at the cost of around 20,000 killed and wounded - (or approximately 10,000 casualties per kilometer). Russia’s assaults against Avdiivka have resulted in a 90% increase in Russian casualties.

Russian troops advanced between one and half–two kilometers in some areas of Donetsk Oblast's Avdiivka sector at the cost of around 20,000 killed and wounded, according to Oleksandr Shtupun, the spokesman for the Tavria group of forces.

Russia intensified its attacks against Avdiivka in early October, reportedly suffering heavy losses in an attempt to encircle the front-line town at the doorstep of occupied Donetsk.

"If we count from Oct. 10, when the enemy became more active, in some places they advanced by one and a half to two kilometers," Shtupun said on television on Dec. 20.

"But it cost them dearly. In a little more than two months... the enemy lost almost 25,000 men dead and wounded, about 200 tanks, and over 400 armored vehicles in the Tavria group's area of responsibility in Donetsk Oblast."

Around 80% of these figures concern the Avdiivka direction, the spokesperson said.

The head of Avdiivka's military administration, Vitalii Barabash, said earlier that Russia changed its tactics in the sector, focusing its attacks in specific directions rather than across the entire line.

According to the U.K. Defense Ministry's earlier reports, Russia’s assaults against Avdiivka have resulted in a 90% increase in Russian casualties.