Avdiivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – 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 Ukrainian forces announced they had withdrawn from Avdiivka on February 17, facing ammunition shortages and outnumbered on the battlefield.
Explosions rock Ukraine’s Avdiivka after capture by Moscow
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