Russian forces’ ongoing efforts to advance on the Ukrainian city of Avdiyivka have hit a roadblock, with the desired swift breakthrough proving elusive, U.S-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War or ISW has said in its latest report on the situation in Ukraine.
Russian troops conducted unsuccessful offensive actions with the support of aviation in the vicinity of Avdiivka and Pervomaiske in Donetsk Oblast; Ukraine's Armed Forces repelled seven attacks. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 16 October Quote: "53 combat clashes were recorded during the day.
Russian forces have intensified their offensive on the Lyman and Kupiansk fronts, attempting to break through the Ukrainian defences 25 times in the past 24 hours alone. Source: Illia Yevlash, head of the press service of the Eastern Group of Forces, on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote from Yevlash: "The enemy has intensified its offensive actions there.
Over the course of 5 October, 37 clashes took place on the front lines, the Russian occupying forces launched 3 missile and 65 air strikes. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 6 October Quote: "Ukraine's Defence Forces are on the defensive in Ukraine's east and south, conducting the offensive operation on the Melitopol front and offensive actions on the Bakhmut front, killing Russian soldiers, liberating the temporarily occupied territorie