Currently, 1230 civilians remain in Avdiivka, says CMA chief Barabash
Currently, 1,230 people remain in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, and the number of people willing to evacuate the city has decreased.
The head of the Avdiivka CMA Vitaliy Barabash said this on the air of the United News telethon, Censor.NET reports citing Ukrinform.
"Yesterday we managed to evacuate five people. As of this morning, 1230 people remain in the city. Of course, this is a lot. Recently, we have seen a decrease in the number of people willing to leave. On average, 3-6 people a day are now willing to leave. Over 350 people have left in our direction during the escalation," said Barabash.
According to him, residents of Avdiivka live in the basements of multi-story buildings and private houses. There are numerous cases when residents stay in their apartments.
"The enemy is conducting a lot of activities in our direction. There are dozens of attacks per day, but our guys do not allow them to gain a foothold. Even if they manage to make a little progress, artillery, mortars, and rocket artillery immediately respond. That is, the enemy has no serious foothold. The defence line around our city is holding," Barabash added.
The CMA chief also said that the enemy uses a lot of so-called "meat assaults" in the battles for the city. They involve mobilised soldiers and Storm-V and Storm-Z groups, who undergo training beforehand.
