The Latest Breaking News from Avdiivka

With Russia’s big offensive said to be underway, fresh battles rock eastern Ukraine

AVDIIVKA, Ukraine — Moscow again on Tuesday demanded the surrender of holdout Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol and bombardment boomed across the country’s east in what Russia and Ukraine are calling a major new phase of the ferocious nearly 8-week-old war.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 19, 2022

Ukraine's largest steel firm says shells hit Avdiivka coke plant

Ukraine's largest steel company Metinvest said shells hit the territory of its Avdiivka coke plant on Sunday, damaging some of its facilities.

Reuters · Mar 13, 2022

Nationalists not extremists: Pravy Sektor deny radicalism claims and say they want to ‘serve’ Ukraine

Leader of group that emerged from the Maidan protests tells Kim Sengupta in Avdiivka that it strenuously checks those who sign up

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022