 Russia lost about 200 Russian armoured vehicles in Avdeevka in three weeks. About 200 Russian armoured vehicles were wiped out by Ukraine during battles in a Donbass town. Britain's Ministry of Defence has said the MOD said the vehicles had been destroyed over the past three weeks in the town of Avdeevka. This was likely due to a combination of relative effectiveness of Ukraine's modern hand-held anti-armour weapons, mines, uncrewed aerial vehicle-dropped munitions, and precision artillery systems. A Russian offensive to capture a small, ruined town in eastern Ukraine has been a costly battle. In vehicle losses, the Russian assault force has lost in just three weeks, what Ukrainian troops lost over several months of intense fighting in the south. Since October 9, the Russian assault forces have suffered at least 197 damaged and destroyed vehicles according to the Institute for the Study of War Report, citing open-source Geolocation Project, Geoconfirmed. 99 vehicles were lost in the very first wave of assaults between October 9 and 13, and another 94 were lost between October 14 and 23. Since then, four additional vehicles have been confirmed lost. Another 18 are considered potentially wrecked. Geoconfirmed characterized the Russian effort near Avdeevka as the costliest Russian effort thus far in the war in Ukraine. The ISW wrote, These figures are staggering, especially when compared to Ukraine's losses over months along another part of the frontline in the south near Zaporizia, where Ukrainian forces have been pushing against fortified Russian defences as part of the ongoing counter-offensive.