 Ukrainian tank crew fires at Russians hideouts in Avdeevka cottages. The crew of a Ukrainian tank fired at the occupier's hideouts in Avdeevka cottages and forced the surviving Russians to flee. A video of a fragment of the combat work of Ukrainian soldiers was posted on social media. Tankers of the 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade wallop the living daylights out of the Katsaps in the Avdeevka direction read the commentary to the video. It should be noted that as Russia's wider war on Ukraine grinds towards its third year, both countries' tanks mostly aren't fighting as tanks. Hounded by drones and artillery, hemmed in by mines, Ukrainian and Russian tanks tend to hang back a mile or two behind the frontline, angle their main guns high and fire at targets their crews can't see. Like, tough little howitzers. That's not what's happening in one key sector. For two months now, the Kremlin has been hurling every available regiment and brigade at Avdeevka, a key Ukrainian strong point just northwest of Donetsk city in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. To make the Russians pay for every yard they advance, the Ukrainians have deployed tanks and they're fighting as tanks, rolling close to Russian assault groups to fire their cannons while Russian missiles explode around them.