In the east, Ukrainians claim to have inflicted massive losses on Russian forces trying to encircle an embattled city. Meanwhile in the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian parliamentarians are looking to expunge Russian influence from the church. Here is what you need to know.
Avdiivka is no stranger to Russian assaults and has been on the front line of the conflict in eastern Ukraine since 2014. More than 1,600 civilians remain in the embattled city, according to local officials. Cross-river operation in Kherson Official details of Ukraine’s latest cross-river operation are scant. But Ukrainian troops appeared to have crossed the Dnipro River into the Russian-occupied Kherson region, according to pro-Kremlin military bloggers.
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