27.02.2024 20:20
The 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Marko Bezruchko, which was defending Avdiivka, has gone on rotation for the first time in two years.
The brigade reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform reported.
“We are going on vacation. We are leaving with our heads held high. After two years of confrontation, we finally have a rotation. We will gain strength to fight the enemy again. We wish the units that have replaced us endurance and as many ‘orcs’ as possible,” the statement reads.
The brigade expressed gratitude to the Avdiivka, Myrnohrad, and Pokrovsk civil-military administrations and the administration of the Avdiivka Coke Plant.
“Without your support, it would have been much harder for us to hold back the Moscow horde. Your help is invaluable,” the brigade emphasized.
As reported, on February 17, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Ukrainian troops had withdrawn from Avdiivka to avoid encirclement and save lives and health.
(C)UKRINFORM 2024
I wonder why Zaluzhny left them there for so long.
The answer is easy: He would have needed equally capable men to replace them, and he didn’t have them. The inflow of new recruits was barely enough to keep manpower up. And the few newly created units simply didn’t have the necessary experience. Plus, let’s not forget he was forced to conduct an offensive, despite insufficient means. These were political problems outside his control.
I don’t buy that, Mr. Gray. Every time I’m in Ukraine, I see military personnel from the border to Poland all the way to Kyiv. I think it was more of an organizational problem. But, it’s all speculation.
For insights by a certainly much better informed and probably smarter guy than yours truly, please read this blog post by Stefan Korshak, journo of the Kyiv Post:
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Many interesting points in this. Personally, I do think Zaluzhny’s right (even though not perfect) and the president has to provide the necessary means for successful offensive actions. Without them, not even a military magician can achieve the large scale liberation Zelensky’s dreaming of.