The Battle of Avdiivka was a major battle between the Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces for control of Avdiivka, a city in Donetsk Oblast, during the Russo-Ukrainian war. After more than a year and a
Damaged buildings in Avdiivka during fighting in January 2024
Avdiivka's School No. 1 shelled by white phosphorus munitions
A shelled residential building in Avdiivka, October 2023
View of the Avdiivka Coke Plant after Russian shelling, 19 October 2023
Oleksandr Syrskyi
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Oleksandr Stanislavovych Syrskyi is a Ukrainian military officer holding the rank of four-star general who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 2024 to 2026. Previously
Battle of Avdiivka (2023–2024)
…Russian breakthroughs on this axis. On 17 February 2024, with the last Ukrainian supply routes into the city under serious threat, commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced that Ukrainian forces were being withdrawn from the city "to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of service personnel." The…
Official portrait, 2021
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Oleksandr Syrskyi at the headquarters of the Defense Forces in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region on 30 November 2023
Syrskyi with Valerii Zaluzhnyi (right) during the battle for Kyiv, 2022