Russia has poured thousands of troops, as well as tanks and armored vehicles, in a bid to seize the town, which has been described as the gateway to Donetsk.
Russian forces are closing in on the Donetsk town of Avdiivka, a new war map shows, in what has been described by a Ukrainian journalist as a 'critical time' for Kyiv.There is 'a real threat' that Ukraine could lose Avdiivka, Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov, said in a post on his Telegram channel on Thursday after Russian forces reportedly managed to cross a railway and gain a foothold near the town.
Butusov reported that Russian troops crossed a railway line near the village of Stepove and began assault operations near the village itself, north of Avdiivka. He said Russian infantry were entrenched behind the railway and were preparing to attack a strategic plant in Avdiivka. Should it fall, the city could be captured.'Russian assaults continue south of Avdiivka, where they are expanding the breakthrough in the area of the sand quarry near the village of Opytne,' he also said.
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