Russia presses on with drive on Ukrainian town of Avdiivka


  • World
  • Tuesday, 05 Dec 2023

Local residents carry an OSB panel next to a crater from a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces pressed on with a long-running drive to capture the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Tuesday and both sides said they had made gains.

Russian attacks killed four people in eastern and southern regions, including strikes on an aid centre and a medical building in the southern city of Kherson, the target of intensified Russian shelling in the 21-month-old war.

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