The Latest Breaking News from Avdiivka

As the war enters its 630th day, these are the main developments.

Russia worse off after losses from Avdiivka battle, says Zelenskiy; occupiers erasing Ukrainian literature in Donetsk and Luhansk

Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff says Ukraine’s forces established on Dnipro’s east bank in Kherson region

Kyiv says 3,000-4,000 Russian troops killed and 7,000-8,000 hurt in Putin’s push for Avdiivka

Pro-Ukraine fighters in Russia ‘kill colonel of security service’; Russian forces try to regain Bakhmut territory; battle for Avdiivka eases temporarily

Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s capital as part of an overnight bombardment felt across the country, local officials said Saturday. In the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, residents on Saturday celebrated the recapture of Kherson city from Russian forces a year ago, the last major shift of the front line. FRANCE…

Ukrainian naval drones sink two Russian landing boats in Crimea; Russian forces attempting to surround town of Avdiivka, Kyiv says

Russia claims to have killed about 500 Ukrainian soldiers in the region in the past week

For the past month, the world’s attention has reeled at the violence in Israel and Gaza. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine has ground on, day by day, metre by metre. Fierce fighting has continued in the north-eastern Donetsk region as a Russian offensive has attempted – thus far unsuccessfully –…

UK Ministry of Defence says Russia diverting military resources away from border to help with war in Ukraine

Some 300 Ukrainian troops are reported to have seized land on the east bank of the Dnipro River