 Russians are preparing a new offensive in the Zaporizhye direction. A larger number of personnel were concentrated there than in the Avdiyevka direction. They will probably try to take Rabetino. This was announced by the speaker of the operational strategic group of troops Tavriya Dmitry Lykevy, the group that has concentrated in the Orkovsky direction over the past few days or weeks is larger in personnel than the group that is now involved in the Avdiyevka direction. Obviously, the Russians did not go there for a walk, Lykevy said.Ukraine's third assault brigade, which fought in the Battle of Bakhmut, says it has been deployed to Avdiyevka and has described the situation there is threatening and unstable that Avdiyevka sits in the industrial Donbas region, 15 kilometers north of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk. Before the war, its Soviet-era Koch plant was one of Europe's top producers.Russian-backed officials describe Avdiyevka as a fortress with concrete bunkers. They say defenders are holed up in tower blocks that cannot be stormed head-on without huge losses and are using the Koching plant as a base in weapons depot.Ukrainian and western military analysts say Russia's offensive on Avdiyevka is taking a huge human toll.