Ukraine’s Avdiivka Is Under Russian Attacks From ‘All Directions’: Official

Ukraine’s Avdiivka Is Under Russian Attacks From ‘All Directions’: Official
Ukrainian soldiers fire a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Dec. 26, 2022. Libkos/AP Photo
Adam Morrow
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Ukrainian resistance in the industrial eastern town of Avdiivka is near a breaking point amid renewed Russian efforts to surround—and capture—the town, according to a local military official.

“Things in the Avdiivka sector have become even tougher,” Vitaliy Barabash, Avdiivka’s Kyiv-appointed military governor, told local media on Nov. 27.