On his YouTube channel, he assessed the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“The situation on the contact line is becoming so desperate,” Mercouris said.
Now the Ukrainian army is sending the best Western equipment to the front line, the expert noted.
According to him, Russian pilots fly “100 sorties a day,” carrying out bombing attacks on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated, after the Ukrainian Armed Forces fled from the Avdeevka defense center, the Russian group of troops did not allow them to gain a foothold on the Petrovskoye-Lastochkino-Severnoye line and continues to push the enemy in a westerly direction.