the town of Avdiivka is now in Russian hands

The Russian flag is raised on the roof of the Avdiivka factory (Ukraine). This is where Ukrainian soldiers set up their headquarters. The latter fell and saw their enemies capture the city. Russian soldiers attached the emblem of their battalion to the commune’s Soviet war memorial. “We took prisoners and understood that the kyiv regime was sending its best soldiers here“, reveals a Russian soldier.

Entrenched soldiers

In recent days, Ukrainian soldiers from the Third Assault Brigade have been holed up in the basement of the factory. They tried until the end to reconquer the Russian positions. A few hundred civilians are still in the ruined city. “The departure of the army was a decision to save as many lives as possible“, justified the President of Ukraine.