The Battle of Avdiivka and the Dangers of Getting High on Your Own Telegram Supply

Russia's army is fundamentally broken

A Russian tank destroyed by uncamouflaged TM-62 antitank mines. The crew were killed by artillery fire next to the tank off the right side of the image

Defense can be decisive. At first, the widespread view of the Russian effort at Avdiivka, now in its sixth day, was that they had achieved complete surprise, and thus overturned many assumptions about th…