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Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, Kyivs military chief said on Saturday, paving the way for Russias biggest advance since it captured the city of Bakhmut last May...
The pullback, announced as Ukraine faces acute shortages of ammunition with US military aid delayed for months in Congress, aimed to save troops from being fully surrounded by Russian forces after months of fierce fighting, Kyiv said.. Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, who took command of the Ukrainian military in a major shake-up last week, said Ukrainian forces had moved back to more secure positions outside the town, which had a pre-war population of 32,000...
I decided to withdraw our units from the town and move to defence from more favourable lines in order to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of servicemen, he said.. Nearly two years since Russias full-scale invasion, the withdrawal is the clearest sign yet of how the tide of the war has turned in Moscows favour after a Ukrainian counteroffensive failed to break through Russian lines last year...
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