next , we will contact serhii grabskyi, a military expert, a veteran of the international mission in co-founder of the all-ukrainian union of participants in peacekeeping actions and operations. mr. serhiy, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. my greetings, good evening. let's start our conversation. the situation around avdiivka, ukrainian defenders have taken up the defensive near the town of avdiivka, and fighting continues there, and russian troops are now attacking in the direction of the village lastochkina, this is to the west of avdivka, have enough strength for an offensive. this was stated by the deputy commander of the third assault brigade , maksym zhorin, and the pentagon called the withdrawal of ukrainian forces from avdiivka strategic in order to preserve their own artillery and shells, which are critically lacking without help. of the united states of america. let's explain to our viewers what strategic withdrawal means? this means that we left for a short time and will return there very soon, or is it a strategic withdrawal, we are withdrawing on th