Ukrainian officials have reported intense combat that is characterized by relentless assaults by Russian forces on the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka. City head Vitalii Barabash said on Ukrainian television on Saturday that “the enemy has not stopped either assaulting or shelling positions” around Avdiivka.
The grave of Ukrainian soldier Andrii Kozyr, who was reburied the day before, in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. The Russian rocket hit a cafe where friends and relatives gathered for the wake for Kozyr, killing at least 51 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in recent months.
Barabash also reported that Moscow was deploying additional forces to encircle the strategically important city in the eastern Donetsk region, situated just north of the Moscow-held regional capital, also called Donetsk.Putin calls for ex-Soviet states to expand their influence and comments on Israel-Hamas warBarabash’s comments came after Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, told a U.N.
But Ukrainian President Voloydymr Zelenskyy said earlier this week that Ukrainian forces were keeping Russian troops at bay and “holding our ground.” Syrskyi, who visited troops in the area, said that Russian forces had regrouped following losses and were mounting attacks around the village of Makiivka and pushing towards the city of Kupiansk, with the goal of encircling Kupiansk and reaching the Oskil River.
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