Remaining Avdiyivka Residents Told To Evacuate Amid Russian Shelling

Residents who have remained in the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiyivka are now deciding to move somewhere safer as danger grows. The badly battered municipality has seen growing Russian artillery shelling as the enemy makes small gains in areas around Avdiyivka.
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[@FlukeTog]

The bombing of babushka’s continues. Despicable

[@aeonsbeyond]

Beyond despicable

[@Realist369]

Ukrainian war crimes for sure

[@decaesaris5093]

@@Realist369 Are ukrainians self invading or what u 🤡 ?

[@choopa1670]

The guys and ladies staying in the hospital cause they might be needed… they are the real heroes of this war and I hope god protects them

[@osamabuabbas7144]

God save our ukrainian soldiers and citizens

[@U.H8]

💙🙏🏻💛💫

[@priscillazietsman1300]

Although I understand the older people not wanting to leave all that they know, I feel they are putting extra pressure on the army who has to try and protect them. That energy could be used elsewhere.

[@Soraab25]

Hands off no comments SLAVA UKRAINIAN 💙💛💙💛💙💛❤

[@decaesaris5093]

True brave heroes with steel ballz HEROYAM 🔱 SLAVA 🇺🇦🇷🇴🇪🇺👍

[@thomassecurename3152]

RFERL Sometimes it’s a difficult decision to hit the ‘Like’ button when in the feature there is little to like. The ‘Like’ is meant for RFERL and staff. Tom.

[@Ed_Stuckey]

Смерть окупантам. Героям слава. Слава Україні. 💙💛

[@stormbytes]

How can people just sit by and watch this happen?

[@user-wz3cg1gg5z]

Северный поток - поперёк горла стал и началась вакханалия . - санкции.. активы банков ... вооружение ...

[@maocha2220]

Auh, my God how. Is very badly in Ukliene.😢

[@magupico6850]

Sad, im sad

[@profefabianaaguero8464]

🥺

[@justinatest9456]

I can't believe there are still people there. You can see on google maps that the eastern end of town has been flattened for many years. I never bothered to look at the rest of the town, it just never occurred to me people have been living right there through all of that. So close to russia's liberation...

[@zaphod22]

With support from B-52's, Hercules and Dragon Lady, the Mig29's, the F18's and AC-10's are going to shred the orcs, standby.... 💥✈🔥

[@imaginemetoo]

💙💛 Indomitable spirit 🇺🇦🇺🇦 Get to safety dear ones 💙💛 SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦 HEROYAM SLAVA 🇺🇦 Bless The front line support 😊 💙💛

[@user-wz3cg1gg5z]

Гитлер так же кричал хайль ...зиг..и вдруг 9 мая 😊

[@Crosley-1520]

@@user-wz3cg1gg5z Теперь Путлер копирует Гитлера 1941 года, а именно поэтому Московия рухнет, как Третий Рейх. 🖕

[@osamabuabbas7144]

Glory to ukraine

[@DonRosenkrantz-mj5it]

If you do not attack at the same level then you will loose.

[@thefastandthedead1769]

All of this blood is on Putlers hands!

[@decaesaris5093]

On ruSSia's hands. They do that for centuries not only now

[@thefastandthedead1769]

@@decaesaris5093 True

[@MaxTheLegend_YT]

@@decaesaris5093 nah RuZZia

[@decaesaris5093]

@@MaxTheLegend_YT The nazi SS ruZZIA

[@decaesaris5093]

@@MaxTheLegend_YT No wonder as RuSSia was allied with the nazi Germany in the Molotov-Ribbentropp Treaty

[@user-wz3cg1gg5z]

Кирилл ВЫШИНСКИЙ 14.03.23- выступление в ООН ☝️👌👌👌🤝🤝🤝

[@user-wz3cg1gg5z]

9 лет каждый день так живём ...Донецк - страдает 9 лет

[@paru-chinbaka5214]

Авдіївка також, завдяки «русскому миру»

[@decaesaris5093]

Why don't you go back to ruSSia then 🤡 ruBotsky?

[@user-wz3cg1gg5z]

Пётр Иванович Ивашутин - как возрождается украинский национализм 👍

[@hitfirstandhithard1981]

Северо-западнее Авдеевки продолжаются позиционные бои у железной дороги. После вылазки ВС РФ в Петровское (Степовое) ВСУ перекинули резервы и вытеснили российских военнослужащих за ж/д линию. При этом бойцы ВС РФ расширили зону контроля вдоль железной дороги.

[@sassylupyforever]

😢😭😭😭😭😭 and the birds still sing . Why can nobody stop demon Putin? He is killing so many innocent lives , animals and nature 😢

[@melissasmess2773]

If most people have left the city I beg to differ that Russia is winning. It's sad to see all the older people forced from their homes, where do they go?😢

[@decaesaris5093]

Yeah ruZZia is "greatly winning" few inches / day for 8 months in Bachmut & Avdiivka losing 8-900 men / day.😂 They started in Kyiv and keep advancing toward Kamchatka 🤣

[@user-wz3cg1gg5z]

Вспомним как русская сила солдатская немцев на запад гнала 1941-1945

[@planderlinde1969]

The Russian Federation is nowhere near as strong as the Soviet Union and arguably never will be. A nation built without it's satellite states like Russia will struggle without them.

[@guff9567]

Gas cooker explosions

[@arunjosep1410]

No your mother's vagina explosing

[@froimkatz8214]

Did Radio Free Propaganda report the shelling of Donetsk that went on for 8 years by Ukrainian artillery which was deployed in Avdeyivka. This was actually one of the main reasons for Russian invasion.

[@Vlad_Gleboov]

no i kurwa krotko

[@hitfirstandhithard1981]

Россия с 2026 планирует выйти на выпуск более 100 самолетов различных модификаций в год.

[@decaesaris5093]

Yeah ruZZia will produce some other 🤡paper tigers & flying bicycles as the SU-57, T-14 Armata, S-500 etc 🤣

[@user-wz3cg1gg5z]

Информация для джо 😂

[@hitfirstandhithard1981]

Южнее Новобахмутовки и северо-восточнее Красногоровки российские подразделения развили успех, выбив украинские формирования с двух опорных пунктов. Сейчас ВСУ держат позиции в лесополосе у одного из участков трассы Н20 и находятся в полуокружении.

[@hitfirstandhithard1981]

На севере от Авдеевки бойцы 132 отдельной гвардейской мотострелковой бригады ВС РФ (ранее 3 Горловская бригада НМ ДНР) в течение последних дней провдинулись западнее Новобахмутовки, полностью зачистив населенный пункт от присутствия ВСУ.

[@decaesaris5093]

Off course 🤡as the ruskyi armya keeps "advancing greatly" for 8 months in Avdiivka in your prygozhyn's wet dreams 😂 But not on the field 🤣

[@MaxTheLegend_YT]

Check your sources

[@hitfirstandhithard1981]

Западнее и юго-западнее Авдеевки продолжаются взаимные артиллерийские обстрелы. Военнослужащие ВС РФ ведут обстрел районов сосредоточения украинских формирований в Ласточкино, Тоненьком и Северном.

[@alizubir1158]

Uraaa Russia 👍👍👍👍 Amina

[@riparianlife97701]

Go to Kharkiv or Kherson. No Russians there any more.

[@user-wz3cg1gg5z]

Один ты остался ... в подвале

[@paru-chinbaka5214]

Russian artillery strikes persist

[@user-ji8bt7yo8v]

Правда Za Россией🇷🇺. В силе правда!

[@ChR1St0p4eR]

Russia could flatten the cities faster, including Bakhmut, if citizens left sooner. The fact that the citizens are still alive only proves Russian forces are doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties.

[@aeonsbeyond]

This is patently false. are you a Russian agent? more likely a foolish child. Russians slaughter civilians without mercy

[@David-xh9cw]

Funny man

[@ChR1St0p4eR]

​@@aeonsbeyond Russia had thousands of thermobaric bombs, hundreds of which weigh 1500kg. They could take out one apartment complex every night if they were trying to kill civilians

[@David-xh9cw]

@@ChR1St0p4eR and they did, until they ran out of them in high enough numbers. Anyway, good bot.

[@ChR1St0p4eR]

@@David-xh9cw lol Bot? Lol. Russia ran out of thermobaric bombs? Lol. Wow David, you're a wonderful laugh machine.

[@marcosramos4596]

This city will soon fall!! Russian Heroes 🇷🇺🪆💯

[@coryjohnson3429]

You should be so proud and join your hero's on the front line...I didn't think so, you pussy bitch troll...

[@lorenzcassidy3960]

@@coryjohnson3429 No use wasting time on this decerebrated wanker.

[@paru-chinbaka5214]

You've been trying since 2014 💀

[@phillee2814]

"Russian heroes" who can't beat the genuinely heroic Armed Forces of Ukraine so they kidnap children, rape women and children, and shell the elderly and infirm - you have a very low bar for "heroes" when these are terrorists by any civilised measure and fit only to be the fertiliser that most are being turned into. Join them or Трахни свою мать. And who said it is falling - some lying Russian propagandist (but I repeat myself). The vulnerable are being evacuated so that the real heroes can concentrate on liquidating the Russian terrorists, which they are doing with increasing efficiency when they don't also have to support the vulnerable - because Russian terrorism has made it too dangerous for the normal support workers, although some are heroically continuing with their work. And Russia is destroying itself in the failing attempt to conquer a sovereign country by force (or should that be farce) of arms. The separate regions and republics will soon have no occupying force left to keep them in line, so will leave. Russia will be excluded from the UN because it has never even applied for membership, so will stop illegally abusing the USSR seat in the Security Council. And the UN will then be able to declare the regime in the Kremlin terrorists without Russia abusing the USSR's veto. Depending on the level of remorse they show for their participation in the terrorism and the steps they are willing to take to right the wrong with reparations, return of kidnap victims both adults and especially children, and fast extradition of criminals to face justice, they may get a faster reduction in sanctions than other, more belligerent, regions (especially if they join the sanction coalition), and even greater discounts for surrendering nuclear weapons. The ones remaining defiant and belligerent will be going back to the stone age. So far it is about a decade for each month since the start of the full-scale war, or a decade for each year if you count it from the actual start in 2014. But so far, there is a little bit left in Vladolf Putler's piggy bank to prop the economy up. When that runs out, look for regression in terms of centuries, not decades. #terrorussia 🇺🇦Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@edgarbarraca2885]

Russia will perish soon its useless fighting it neighbors if Putin dies everything dies NATO will remain standing