Russia presses attacks on devastated Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine

(Reuters) - Russian forces intensified attacks on Monday on the pulverised town of Avdiivka, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow's military presses its slow advance through eastern Ukraine.

The town is just 20 km (12 miles) north of the Russian-held city of Donetsk, part of the eastern Donbas region which Russia's military has been fighting to control since failing to take Kyiv at the start of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.