Avdiivka city located in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region could fall to Russian troops that are pressing on harder from different directions according to local sources.
Mayor Vitaly Barabash told state media, “they are storming with very large forces. The enemy is pressing from all directions. There is not a single part of our city that is more or less calm.”
Barabash characterized the ongoing fighting for the town as “very hot” and “very difficult.”
The capture of Avdiivka would provide a much-needed victory for Moscow ahead of the second anniversary of its invasion.
The Kremlin claims Avdiivka is part of Russia, along with four other Ukrainian territories that Moscow says it has annexed.
Fewer than 950 people remain in the frontline town, of an estimated pre-war population of around 33,000 people, Barabash added.
Late last year, Moscow launched a costly bid to seize the town, which has been caught up in fighting since 2014 when it briefly fell to Moscow-backed separatists.
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