Experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), having analysed the data gathered, have noted that the Russians are preparing "for a third series of larger assaults near [the town of] Avdiivka" and "a third massive assault on Avdiivka".
As U.S. officials warned senators against halting military aid, President Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops’ achievements were “perceived as a given.”
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“The modern world quickly gets accustomed to success,” Zelensky said in his nightly address Tuesday, complaining that Ukrainian troops’ achievements “are perceived as a given.”
In recent days, Moscow’s forces have gradually advanced to the north of Avdiivka about three miles north of the occupied regional capital of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine hoping to encircle the city and seize control of one of Ukraine’s most well-fortified points on the front.