Ukraine troops withdraw from frontline city Avdiivka
Saturday, 17 February 2024 Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the frontline city of Avdiivka to avoid being encircled, new military chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Saturday, handing Russia its biggest symbolic victory following Kyiv's failed summer counter-offensive. Russia has been trying to capture Avdiivka for months. It is the most significant territorial gain for Russian forces since they seized the eastern city of Bakhmut last May.
Plumes of smoke rise on the frontline of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka -- which Moscow claimed "full control" of on February 17 -- as explosions can be heard in the distance. Ukrainian forces announced they had withdrawn from Avdiivka on February 17, facing ammunition shortages and...
Ukraine has announced its withdrawal from the strategic city of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region, which has been the focus of intense combat. The city, largely destroyed and with a prewar population of..
Russia said its forces took complete control of Avdiivka, a city in eastern Ukraine that was the focus of intense combat for months. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3wmBLVB #russia #russiaukrainewar..
The Russian Army has released video of captured Avdiivka in the Donetsk region. The video shows how Ukrainian troops ran away from the Avdiivka battlefield. On camera, a group of Ukrainian troops were..
Saturday, 17 February 2024
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