Analysis: Russia’s tiny, Pyrrhic advances in Ukraine’s east
1 year, 1 month ago

Analysis: Russia’s tiny, Pyrrhic advances in Ukraine’s east

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Russia is making incremental inroads in eastern Ukraine and may soon hold the strategic town of Avdiivka. Ukrainian forces lack air support and medium-range missiles to disrupt Russian supply lines and break through heavily fortified Russian defence installations along the crescent-shaped, 1,000km-long front line. As a result, Ukrainian forces have failed to achieve their goal of reaching the Sea of Azov and cutting off Russia’s “land bridge” to the annexed Crimean peninsula amid heavy, debilitating losses of manpower and weaponry, including Western-supplied armoured vehicles. On December 1, explosions blamed on Ukrainian intelligence derailed two cargo trains on the strategic Baikal-Amur railway, paralysing Russia’s key transport link to China, North Korea and Japan. “The blowup of two fuel-loaded trains in a row, thousands of kilometres away from the front lines, in a strategic tunnel and at a detour line to paralyse central Russia’s and Siberia’s connection with the Far East, as well as China, North Korea and Japan, is an absolutely unique operation,” analyst Mitrokhin said.

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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?
1 week, 3 days ago

Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?

The Independent  

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Ukraine pressing attacks in Russia’s Kursk region
1 week, 4 days ago

Ukraine pressing attacks in Russia’s Kursk region

LA Times  

In this image taken from video distributed Saturday, Russian servicemen attend a combat training for assault units. President Volodymyr Zelensky says he will urge allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany, while both sides said Kyiv’s forces pressed new attacks Sunday in Russia’s Kursk region. In Ukraine’s incursion in the Kursk region, Zelensky said …

Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?
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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?

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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?
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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?

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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?
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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?

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Russia launches deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv during rush hour
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Russia launches deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv during rush hour

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Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine

The Independent  

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Russian forces edge closer to key Ukrainian city as Putin faces ‘massive cost’
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1 month ago

Russian forces edge closer to key Ukrainian city as Putin faces ‘massive cost’

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Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in ‘intense’ fighting, officials say
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1 month ago

Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in ‘intense’ fighting, officials say

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Fighting around the key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push, Ukraine’s top military commander said, with analysts estimating Russian forces are now within just a few kilometers of the city. “Russian occupiers are throwing all available forces forward, attempting to break through the defenses of our troops,” Ukrainian army chief …

Russian forces just three kilometers from key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
1 month ago

Russian forces just three kilometers from key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk

CNN  

CNN — Russian forces are now just three kilometers from the outskirts of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after making advances Wednesday, according to Ukrainian mapping service DeepState. Meanwhile, Ukrainian gas supply regulator Donetskoblgaz has warned that Pokrovsk will be cut off from gas supplies from Thursday due to the “worsening situation.” “Due to significant damage to gas …

Russia advancing in Ukraine at fastest pace, closing in on strategic town, say analysts
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russia advancing in Ukraine at fastest pace, closing in on strategic town, say analysts

Firstpost  

Analysts said that Russian forces are making their fastest progress in Ukraine since the start of the war, now moving closer to the important town of Kurakhove Russian forces have been advancing in Ukraine at the fastest pace since the early months of the war, are moving into the strategic town of Kurakhove and have been exploiting vulnerabilities of Kyiv …

Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting

LA Times  

Smoke, dust and debris can be seen after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Ukrainian troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat as they drove Russian forces out of a huge processing plant in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials said Tuesday. The plant, a partly …

Mapped: Putin’s forces gain ground in east Ukraine as Russia opens up new lines of attack
4 months ago

Mapped: Putin’s forces gain ground in east Ukraine as Russia opens up new lines of attack

The Independent  

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Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region
4 months ago

Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia has launched a counteroffensive in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukraine’s forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since World War II, Ukraine’s president said Thursday. A Russian missile attack Thursday killed three people and injured two others, all of them Ukrainian workers …

Russia says its forces seize another settlement in Ukraine's Donetsk region
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia says its forces seize another settlement in Ukraine's Donetsk region

The Hindu  

Russian forces have gained control of the Kirove settlement, known in Ukraine as Verezamske, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, the defence ministry said on Saturday. Russia has been making incremental gains in the region at a time when Ukrainian troops seek to advance in Russia's Kursk region after a surprise cross-border attack that began on Aug. 6. Separately, the defence …

Ukraine takes 100 Russian settlements in Kursk as Zelensky vows revenge for airstrikes
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine takes 100 Russian settlements in Kursk as Zelensky vows revenge for airstrikes

The Independent  

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What is happening in Ukraine’s east frontline as Putin’s forces advance?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What is happening in Ukraine’s east frontline as Putin’s forces advance?

The Independent  

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Russia says it advances in eastern Ukraine and regroups after incursion
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia says it advances in eastern Ukraine and regroups after incursion

The Hindu  

Russia said on Tuesday its forces had taken control of what it described as the strategically important logistics hub of Niu-York in eastern Ukraine, part of Moscow's grinding drive to capture the entire Donetsk region. Even as Ukrainian troops seek to advance in Russia's Kursk region after a surprise cross-border attack that began on Aug. 6, the fate of Niu-York …

Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army sergeant said Monday, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm battlefield defenses there. Separately, attacks in Russia’s Kursk region by the Security Service of Ukraine, also known as the SBU, struck a number of substations causing …

Zelensky visits Ukraine front as Moscow claims fresh gains
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Zelensky visits Ukraine front as Moscow claims fresh gains

New Indian Express  

KYIV: Russia said on Monday its forces had captured the village of Vovche in eastern Ukraine, the latest in a string of frontline advances Moscow has claimed in recent weeks. The announcement came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited special forces in the border region of Kharkiv, where Moscow's forces launched a surprise ground offensive in May but failed to …

Russian gains in Ukraine don’t point to a breakthrough for Moscow: US Generals
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Russian gains in Ukraine don’t point to a breakthrough for Moscow: US Generals

Live Mint  

BRUSSELS—American military leaders believe Russia lacks sufficient troops to break through on the new front in northeastern Ukraine, but is stretching Ukrainian forces there and creating a buffer zone for its own border. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, …

Is Russia’s assault on northeastern Ukraine already losing steam?
8 months ago

Is Russia’s assault on northeastern Ukraine already losing steam?

Al Jazeera  

Moscow’s troops have seized several villages in Kharkiv in recent days, but experts say Ukraine’s defence and Russia’s manpower woes will limit the advance. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow wants to create a “sanitary zone” in Kharkiv to protect the Russian region of Belgorod that lies north of it and has been heavily shelled by Ukrainian forces. Moscow’s push …

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive
8 months ago

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces withdrew from some parts of the country’s northeast and battled Russian troops in other areas Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to postpone all his upcoming foreign trips underscored the seriousness of the threat his soldiers face. AP AUDIO: Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive AP …

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas amid Russian offensive
8 months ago

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas amid Russian offensive

LA Times  

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visit the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine outside St. Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv on Wednesday. Oleksii Kharkivskyi, head of the city’s patrol police, said Russian troops were taking up positions in the city, while the Ukrainian General Staff said its forces were trying to …

Ukraine war: Kyiv’s soldiers battle to stop Putin’s forces advancing around Kharkiv
8 months ago

Ukraine war: Kyiv’s soldiers battle to stop Putin’s forces advancing around Kharkiv

The Independent  

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Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region
8 months ago

Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv says Russian forces having ‘tactical success’ in assault on northeastern region on shared border. Russia has widened its ground assault in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, attacking new areas to try to expand the front and stretch Ukraine’s forces, the region’s governor says. On Friday, Moscow’s troops entered Ukraine near Kharkiv city, opening a northeastern front in a war that has …

Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region
8 months ago

Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine rushed reinforcements to its northeastern Kharkiv region on Friday to hold off a Russian attempt to breach local defenses, authorities said, signaling a tactical switch in the war by Moscow that Ukrainian officials had been expecting for weeks. Kharkiv’s regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said intense overnight shelling targeted Vovchansk, a city with a prewar population of …

Russia tries to breach Ukraine’s defenses in the Kharkiv region
8 months ago

Russia tries to breach Ukraine’s defenses in the Kharkiv region

LA Times  

The assault began at dawn. “There is a fierce battle,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters in the capital, Kyiv, hours after Russian troops launched an armored ground offensive in northeastern Ukraine, near the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. Ukraine’s defense ministry said its forces had blunted an initial Russian attempt to break through Ukrainian lines outside the border town of …

Kyiv’s forces facing big Russian push on eastern frontline, military says
8 months, 1 week ago

Kyiv’s forces facing big Russian push on eastern frontline, military says

The Independent  

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Ukraine faces worsening situation on eastern front thanks to intense Russian attacks, army chief says
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine faces worsening situation on eastern front thanks to intense Russian attacks, army chief says

The Independent  

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As Russia edges toward a possible offensive on Kharkiv, some residents flee. Others refuse to leave
8 months, 3 weeks ago

As Russia edges toward a possible offensive on Kharkiv, some residents flee. Others refuse to leave

Associated Press  

KHARKIV, Ukraine — A 79-year-old woman makes the sign of the cross and, gripping her cane, leaves her home in a quaint village in northeast Ukraine. FILE - Olha Faichuk, 79, kisses her neighbor as she is evacuated from her home, which was heavily damaged by a Russian airstrike in Lukiantsi, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Acknowledging …

Russia creeps forward as Ukraine strikes its air force and navy
9 months ago

Russia creeps forward as Ukraine strikes its air force and navy

Al Jazeera  

Both sides pursued their strategies in the war, with limited success for each, as ammunition shortages plagued Ukraine. “Russia is using glide bombs, along with direct-attack munitions, in volume to overwhelm Ukrainian air defence,” said the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. “If confirmed, the possible loss of roughly five percent of Russia’s strategic Tu-95 bombers in a single strike …

Exhaustion, dwindling reserves and a commander who disappeared: How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia
10 months ago

Exhaustion, dwindling reserves and a commander who disappeared: How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia

Associated Press  

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — One Ukrainian brigade had defended the same block of industrial buildings for months without a break. This satellite image from Feb. 26, 2024 shows Avdiivka’s coke plant after Ukrainian troops withdrew from the city in February 2024. “We weren’t so much physically exhausted as psychologically, being chained to that place,” said Viktor Biliak, an infantryman with the …

Ukraine says it has finally stopped Russia’s advance west of Avdiivka
10 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine says it has finally stopped Russia’s advance west of Avdiivka

The Independent  

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Ukraine official says Russia massing forces around a key city in the country’s east
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine official says Russia massing forces around a key city in the country’s east

Associated Press  

KYIV — Russia is accumulating large forces around Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine as it seeks to make a breakthrough in the Donetsk region, a Ukrainian official said Friday. Illia Yevlash, spokesperson for the operational group overseeing the eastern front line, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that Russian forces were concentrating efforts to make a powerful push on the key …

Blow to Putin as Ukraine says it has shot down three more Russian warplanes
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Blow to Putin as Ukraine says it has shot down three more Russian warplanes

The Independent  

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Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces are probing Ukrainian defenses for weak points in the country’s northeast, an official said Thursday, an area where analysts believe the Kremlin seeks to build on its recent success in taking a key city by mounting an ambitious four-pronged offensive to break through the front line. The front line running more than 1,000 kilometers across …

Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push

LA Times  

Flowers and toys lie on the ground at a makeshift memorial commemorating victims of a Dec. 30 missile attack by Ukraine in Belgorod, Russia, on Monday. Russian forces are probing Ukrainian defenses for weak points in the country’s northeast, an official said Thursday, an area where analysts believe the Kremlin seeks to build on its recent success in taking a …

Ukraine War: Zelensky fears 'difficult' frontline battles against Russia
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine War: Zelensky fears 'difficult' frontline battles against Russia

Firstpost  

Ukrainian commanders had predicted that Russia would move troops from Avdiivka to other parts of the frontline. Additionally, Ukrainian troops reported that they were coming under “heavy fire” from advancing Russian forces in the southern Zaporizhzhia region A heightened Russian offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine saw them capture the key town of Avdiivka last week in a major boost …

Russia says it has crushed the last pocket of resistance in Avdiivka to complete the city’s capture
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia says it has crushed the last pocket of resistance in Avdiivka to complete the city’s capture

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces have completed their takeover of Avdiivka by eliminating the last pocket of resistance at the eastern Ukraine city’s huge coke plant, the Russian military said Monday, after the sheer weight of its troop numbers and greater air and artillery firepower drove out Kyiv’s forces. Some Western military analysts believe that Ukraine could counter Russia’s attempt …

Russia takes control of the Ukrainian city Avdiivka. What this means for the war
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia takes control of the Ukrainian city Avdiivka. What this means for the war

Firstpost  

Russia’s flag has been raised in the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka after Ukrainian forces made a hasty retreat. The capture of the city is significant for Vladimir Putin’s men whose last biggest gain was the fall of Bakhmut in May 2023 A Ukrainian official takes cover in front of a burning building that was hit in a Russian airstrike …

Analysis: A key withdrawal shows Ukraine doesn’t have enough artillery to fight Russia
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Analysis: A key withdrawal shows Ukraine doesn’t have enough artillery to fight Russia

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Dwindling ammunition threatens Ukraine’s hold on the 1,000-kilometer front line under withering assault by Russian artillery. But, when reporters asked if he was confident a deal could be struck before Ukraine loses more territory, Biden responded: “I’m not.” DWINDLING SUPPLIES The Associated Press interviewed over a dozen commanders, including heads of artillery units, in the war’s most …

Russia claims 'full control' of Ukraine's Avdiivka, Putin calls it 'important victory'
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia claims 'full control' of Ukraine's Avdiivka, Putin calls it 'important victory'

India Today  

Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, Kyiv's military chief said on Saturday, and Russian President Vladimir Putin called the capture of the city "an important victory." US President Joe Biden warned this week that Avdiivka could fall to Russian forces because of ammunition shortages following months of Republican congressional opposition to a new US military aid …

Russia claims full control of Avdiivka, says Ukrainian troops still in town
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia claims full control of Avdiivka, says Ukrainian troops still in town

Al Jazeera  

Russia makes its biggest gain since capturing Bakhmut in May as war with Ukraine is set to enter its third year. Russia says it has full control of the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka after Ukraine withdrew, adding that some Ukrainian troops are still holed up in a vast Soviet-era coke plant following one of the most intense battles of the …

Russia says it has taken Ukraine's city of Avdiivka after Ukrainian troop withdrawal
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia says it has taken Ukraine's city of Avdiivka after Ukrainian troop withdrawal

ABC  

In short: Russia claims it has taken control of Ukrainian city Avdiivka a day after Ukraine withdrew its troops. Russia claims it has taken control of Ukrainian city Avdiivka a day after Ukraine withdrew its troops. Russian forces have taken complete control of the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, according to Russia's Defence Ministry. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated military units …

Avdiivka falls to Russia after Ukraine withdraws troop from frontline city
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Avdiivka falls to Russia after Ukraine withdraws troop from frontline city

India TV News  

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said his forces have taken complete control of the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka. Rodion Kudriashov, deputy commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade, said Friday that Ukrainian troops were still holding out against the onslaught of about 15,000 Russian soldiers, but he expected the situation would “soon become critical.” “The enemy is trying to penetrate our …

Russia says it has taken Ukraine’s city of Avdiivka after Ukrainian troop withdrawal
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia says it has taken Ukraine’s city of Avdiivka after Ukrainian troop withdrawal

The Hindu  

Russian forces have taken complete control of the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, Russia’s Defence Ministry has said. In a short statement posted on Facebook, Ukrainian commander Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said he had made the decision to avoid encirclement and “preserve the lives and health of servicemen.” The commander-in-chief added that troops were moving to “more favourable lines.” “Our soldiers …

Ukraine had a tough choice to make over troops in Avdiivka. The West cannot afford for that to keep happening
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Ukraine had a tough choice to make over troops in Avdiivka. The West cannot afford for that to keep happening

The Independent  

Ukrainian military and political leaders told The Independent late last year that they had contingency plans should the key town of Avdiivka fall. “In any event,” he said, “we will return to Avdiivka.” open image in gallery Ukrainian servicemen build fortifications not far from Avdiivka on Saturday Avdiivka is virtually a suburb of Donetsk, the southeastern city which in 2014 …

Ukrainian troops withdraw from key town of Avdiivka after manpower and ammo shortages give Putin's invading forces a symbolic victory after weeks of savage fighting
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Ukrainian troops withdraw from key town of Avdiivka after manpower and ammo shortages give Putin's invading forces a symbolic victory after weeks of savage fighting

Daily Mail  

Ukraine's forces have withdrawn from the key eastern city of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, giving Putin's invading forces a symbolic victory after weeks of savage fighting. The withdrawal follows months of fierce Russian attacks and marks the biggest change on the front lines since Moscow troops captured Bakhmut in May last year The forces were rallying on …

Ukraine withdrawing from Avdiivka, where outnumbered defenders held out for four months
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Ukraine withdrawing from Avdiivka, where outnumbered defenders held out for four months

ABC  

In short: Ukraine will be withdrawing troops from Avdiivka in the country's east where they are seriously outnumbered by Russian soldiers. Ukraine has started withdrawing troops from Avdiivka in the country's east where outnumbered defenders have battled a Russian assault for four months, their military chief says. Rodion Kudriashov, deputy commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade, said on Friday that …

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