Russia strikes Avdiivka coke plant Russia’s defense ministry said Monday its troops had taken full control of Avdiivka’s Soviet-era coke plant, days after Ukraine withdrew its troops from the town. (Credit: Reuters) Russian forces took full control of Ukraine’s Soviet-era coke plant in Avdiivka Monday, days after Ukraine withdrew its troops from the town amid…
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News Avdiivka: The Death Throes of a Ukrainian City
Even from a few miles away, the death rattle of another Ukrainian city echoed through the mist and fog. Russian warplanes were dropping more thousand-pound bombs on Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, reducing an already battered city to rubble and ashes. Since Jan. 1, President Vladimir V. Putin’s forces have dropped around one million pounds of…
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News The Fall of Avdiivka: What to Know
Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the eastern frontline city of Avdiivka, Ukraine’s top general, Oleksandr Syrsky, said on Saturday, allowing Moscow to score its largest territorial advance in months and dealing a blow to Ukraine’s stretched and outgunned forces as the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches. General Syrsky said he had ordered the…
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News Ukraine withdraws troops from Avdiivka as ammunition shortage bites
Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the key battleground town of Avdiivka in the east of the country which could pave the way for a Russian advance as the war nears its second anniversary. The withdrawal, announced as Ukraine faces acute shortages of ammunition with U.S. military aid delayed for months in Congress, aimed to save…
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News Avdiivka, Longtime Ukraine Stronghold Ukraine, Falls to Russia
Ukraine ordered the complete withdrawal from the ruined city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine before dawn on Saturday, surrendering a city that had been a military stronghold for the better part of a decade, in the face of withering Russian bombardment and relentless assault. “Based on the operational situation around Avdiivka, in order to avoid…
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News Losing Ground, Ukraine Seeks New Positions Around Avdiivka
Ukrainian soldiers are withdrawing even further from positions around the shattered town of Avdiivka after advancing Russian forces breached a critical supply line and threatened to encircle scores of Ukrainian soldiers, Ukrainian military officials and soldiers said on Thursday. Dmytro Lykhovii, a spokesman for Ukrainian forces fighting in the area, said the Ukrainians were “maneuvering”…
0 11 0February 15, 2024