Russia’s Avdiivka offensive is failing, says top Ukrainian officer
Major assault in Donetsk launched on Tuesday said to have resulted in serious losses for Moscow's forces
A top Ukrainian commander has claimed that Russia's biggest offensive in months - involving tanks, thousands of soldiers and armoured vehicles in an attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka - is failing, as he admitted Kyiv's own attempts to advance in the south were proving difficult".
Russian forces have pummelled the town over the past week, a key bulge surrounded by Russian-held territory on the eastern Donbas front. It is one of the largest assaults by Moscow since last year's full-scale invasion and comes at a time when Ukraine's counteroffensive is moving slowly, and the world is focused on the imminent Israeli ground invasion of Gaza.
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