I’ll be taking a look at the defensive situation in Avdeevka since the Russians are now meters away from entering the city at multiple locations.
Firstly the red areas are the most defensible due to location, type of structures and accessibility to supply.
A: Coke plant (large industrial plant perfect for defense)
B: 9th district (comparable to the citadel in bakhmut, high rise apartments act as high ground for defense)
C: longest standing defense fortifications in Avdeevka and the frontline between the city and Donetsk. (Russians already fighting and clearing fortifications here)
Secondly we have the yellow, this is just housing and is not fantastic for defense.
Blue: main supply route into the city.
Avdeevka is nowhere near as defensible as Bakhmut and about a third of the size, while also lacking the a Chasov Yar fortress city in the rear which was vital for maintaining logistics as Russia enveloped the city.
Good news is there’s another MiG statue for the AFU to destroy.
