Russian losses as a result of assault on Avdiivka could account for one of the most difficult months for invading force, UK believes
AFP has the following dispatch from Avdiivka, a town in Ukraine‘s eastern region of Donetsk, which has become the focus of the fighting amid a Russian assault on the strategically important former coal hub.
The only signs of life are a few chirping birds and barking dogs. The crump of explosions, some far away, some closer to home, is constant. Avdiivka has faced incessant attacks from Russian forces looking to surround and seize it.
Only around 1,350 people still live there, compared to 30,000 before the war. Russian troops hold large parts of the town just outside Donetsk – the regional capital under Russian occupation. The Ukrainians still defend an area approximately eight kilometres wide, from the city to the northwest.
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