avdeevka area, preventing the enemy from gaining a foothold on new lines, defense minister sergei shaiguiief of the general staff valery gerasimov, reported this to the head of state today. the president receives. all information in real time, said his press secretary dmitry peskov. he also spoke about the work of vladimir putin during the hours when avdiivka was taken. on the eve of february 17, at 4:00 am, defense minister sergei shaigu, chief of the general staff valery gerasimov personally reported to the president in the kremlin that the operation in avdeevka was nearing completion. already at 11 am, the military leaders were again reporting to the president. then shaigu and gerasimov reported that the operation was virtually completed. at that moment it had already begun. mass flight of the enemy from avdeevka, abandonment of combat positions, it took several more hours for our fighters to begin clearing the city. already in the afternoon, shaigui gerasimov reported to the president that the operation completely completed and our troops completely took control of the city. so, our u

shaigui together with chief of the general staff valery gerasimov, he congratulated the participants of the special operation on defender of the fatherland day and expressed confidence that these awards will not be their last. i serve. dear friends , colleagues, i sincerely congratulate you on these awards, i am sure this award will not be the last, we have a lot of work ahead, you are fighting with dignity, for this you were awarded state awards, the country appreciated your work, brotherly work, only forward, only to victory, good luck to everyone. congratulations, marines and soldiers were awarded in the kherson region the sevastopol brigade held back militant attacks on the left bank of the dnieper for several months and thwarted enemy attempts to create a bridgehead for the offensive. the ceremony took place near the front line, the military was awarded the zhukov and suvorov medals, perhaps the most revered for courage. for me, this is, first of all, recognition from my homeland for my work, for which i am grateful that we are not... young and active volunteers of the world you

consciously made public until the complete defeat of the enemy in avdeevka, although defense minister shaiguiral staff gerasimov reported to putin that the operation was nearing completion the day before at 4:00 am, february 17. the next report at 11 am of the same day, about the virtually liberated city, several nights in a row in... the group of troops-center the city of avdievka completely captured the battles and distinguished themselves formations and units of the thirtieth separate motorized rifle brigade of the second army. thirty -fifth separate motorized rifle brigade, fifty-fifth separate mountain motorized rifle brigade, 74 separate motorized rifle brigade of the forty-first army, first separate motorized rifle brigade, ninth separate motorized rifle brigade, 114 separate motorized rifle brigade, 1454 motorized rifle regiment, tenth tank regiment, first army corps, sixth tank regiment, eightieth tank regiment, 239. for the courage shown, bravery, for taking the city of the fortress, gratitude to all the troops and personally to the commander of the center group of troops, colonel g

he listened to the first reports from defense minister sergei shaiguy and chief of the general staffrasimov at 4 a.m. on saturday. the next report came at 11 am. egor has all the details grigorieva. mountain assault, motorized rifle, guards. monument to the soviet war-liberator in avdeevka, the flag of the russian ministry of defense is now flying here, nearby is the railway workers' park and the station was liberated, with a tricolor above it. today, soldiers of the assault detachment of the thirty-fifth separate motorized rifle brigade liberated the railway station building. the most powerful fortification, the avdeevka kogsa chemical plant, it was not just compared to azovstal, there are seven anti-nuclear bomb shelters. in ssuu they couldn’t breathe out from the blows artillery, and the oxygen was blocked by targeted and massive strikes of guided aerial bombs. the azov terrorists transferred to the city did not help. the elite units of the ukrainian armed forces simply fled, the defenses fell under the powerful onslaught of our military. there is a russian flag on the roof of kak

then shaigui gerasimov was informed that the operation was actually completed. fell, an exciting moment, perhaps, for each of the journalists who worked here. all these years, of course, for the military, who brought this day closer as best they could. right at the entrance there are riddled buildings of the industrial zone, until yesterday, this was one of the most powerful strongholds of the enemy. the enemy dug in here for almost 10 years. i don’t think there’s any need to tell you, everything is already clearly visible, what fierce battles literally took place here a few days ago, but now, i must say, it is unsafe here, since the retreating enemy has mined everything that is possible now. our engineering and sapper group of the central military district is working on this, and secondly , the front has moved back, but not too far yet. the military says that today we are lucky with the weather, cloudy and foggy, but in general ukrainian quadcopters, reconnaissance aircraft and kamikaze drones are still trying to fly here. civilians are almost invisible; they a

ukrainian formations. assaults on the city were repulsed more than than 10 km, but sergei shaigui reported today on the success of our military, as well as the shortcomings of the western military-industrial complex, the command of the center group of troops, on the working trip of the minister of defense to the front line, mikhail fedotov. the minister of defense gets to the command post of the center group by helicopter, and on the way he hears a report from the head of the main operational department on the situation in the ardeevsky direction. transport mi-8s are accompanied by combat night hunters. in front of the headquarters there is an exhibition of captured equipment, what the ukrainians abandoned when fleeing avdeevka military. this is a slightly loaded 40 mm grenade, for us it’s a table-top grenade, that’s for sure. weapons and military equipment from all nato countries, but as the military notes, all this is not suitable for our climatic conditions. btr13 a2, enlarged. stacks up to 60 shots. the downside to this car is that it's not weak. these are all practically european vehi

then shaigui.t , the enemy’s mass flight from avdeevka and abandonment of combat positions had already begun. it took several more hours for our soldiers to begin clearing the city. already in the afternoon, shaigui gerasimov reported to the president that the operation was completely completed and our troops had completely taken control of the city. now about what is happening in ovdeevka now. our film crew was one of the first to see the liberated city. i’ve been digging in here for almost 10 years, i don’t think there’s any need to tell you, everything is fine as it is you can see what fierce battles took place here just a few days ago, but now, it must be said, it is unsafe here, since the enemy, while retreating, mined everything that was possible , our engineering and sapper group of the central military district is now working on this, and secondly, the front has moved back , but not that far yet. the military says we were lucky with the weather today. it’s cloudy and foggy, but in general u

the head of the ministry of defense sergei shaigui reported this to vladimir putin.of ovdeevka. led the operation, the head of state declared gratitude to the formations and military units that participated in the battles for this settlement. the liberation of ovdeevka, which is almost 32 km, now significantly moves the front line away from donetsk significantly, securing it from attacks by the kiev regime. as noted by the ministry of defense, information about the advance of our troops was not made public until the complete defeat enemy and taking control of the city. the neo-nazis began to flee from avdeevka a day before the order to retreat from the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine alexander syrsky. sergei samokha will tell you how our soldiers brought victory closer. a subdivision of the grouping of forces center quickly occupies key outposts, occupied by ukrainian formations just the day before, the avdeevka chemical plant and turned into a fortress-station. flags of russia named after are flying everywhere. nationalist battalion azov, and today