As Russia has intensified efforts to envelop the fortified town of Avdiivka, Ukraine’s military has this week insisted that its opponents are failing to make progress. Avdiivka’s strategic importance was highlighted earlier this month when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy name-checked it alongside other eastern battlegrounds like Bakhmut and Vuhledar as a place where “the future of all Ukrainians is being fought for”.
#Ukraine: A Ukrainian Krab 155mm self-propelled howitzer along with an ammo truck was destroyed by a Russian Lancet loitering munition. pic.twitter.com/9NdEcgCxKb
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 2, 2023
