The battle for the strategic town of Avdivka, besieged by Russian forces, has already become the “biggest defeat” for Moscow in terms of the number of casualties in a short period of time, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Army said this Sunday.

In televised statements, the spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Taurida region, Oleksandr Shtupun, stated this Sunday that Russian casualties since the start of the offensive on October 10 already amount to 6,500 troops in the area of responsibility of his group. of troops.

“If we talk about casualties in such a short period in a relatively small section of the front, then Avdivka is already the biggest defeat of the Russian Army,” he declared.

Since the beginning of the offensive on Avdivka, a hundred tanks and approximately 250 armored vehicles have also been destroyed, Shtupun said, according to which some 40,000 Russian troops are concentrated in the area.

The Ukrainian General Staff reported this Sunday on 15 enemy attacks repelled in the last 24 hours against the key town for the control of southern Donbas.

The fighting is fierce for control of the industrial zones in the north and south of the city, where there is a coke plant and a quarry, respectively.