SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — One Ukrainian brigade had defended the same block of industrial buildings for months without a break. Another had been in Avdiivka for nearly the entire two years of the war, bone-tired but with no replacements to relieve them. Ammunition was low, and the Russians conducted dozens of airstrikes every day, using … Read more
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — On Feb. 17, Russia claimed total control of the eastern city of Avdiivka — its first significant territorial gain in almost a year. The loss was a stinging defeat for Ukraine, which up until the last minute was still rushing troops to the city in a desperate last-ditch attempt to hold … Read more
KYIV — After taking the strategic northeast Ukrainian town of Avdiivka two weeks ago, Russian forces have seized three more villages in the past few days, suggesting a growing momentum in their advance even as Western officials warn of the ammunition shortages Kyiv’s military is facing. Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that its troops had … Read more
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. Moscow officials announced Saturday said they … Read more
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 firepower drove out Kyiv’s forces. Moscow officials announced Saturday said they had taken control … Read more
Ukraine announced it has withdrawn from the eastern city of Avdiivka, a strategic stronghold that has repeatedly come under attack from Russia and its proxies in the past decade. Here’s what to know. Avdiivka is a strategic hub in Donetsk — one of the four Ukrainian regions that Russia illegally claimed to annex in 2022.Russian … Read more
MUNICH — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned allies Saturday that an “artificial deficit” of arms for his country risks giving Russia breathing space, highlighting the need for artillery and long-range weapons after his military chief said he was withdrawing troops from the eastern city of Avdiivka. Zelenskyy spoke to the Munich Security Conference, an annual … Read more
Ukrainian forces defending Avdiivka will withdraw from the eastern city and relocate to more defensible positions, Ukraine’s top military official said in a statement late Friday. The move is aimed at avoiding Russian encirclement and reducing casualties, according to Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, the recently appointed Ukrainian military chief. “Our soldiers performed their military duty … Read more
AVDIIVKA, Ukraine — The Russians were already so close that the road to the Avdiivka coke and chemical plant was only dared taken at night. Vehicle headlights were shut off and covered, hoping to prevent glare visible to an enemy drone hovering overhead. As fighters from the Ukrainian Security Service’s “Alpha” special forces branch drove … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces claimed Thursday to have shot down a Russian attack helicopter in eastern Ukraine near the city of Avdiivka, where soldiers are fighting from street to street as Russia’s army steps up its four-month campaign to surround Kyiv’s defending troops. Ukrainian soldiers used a portable anti-aircraft missile to take down … Read more