Russia's Ongoing Assaults in Eastern Ukraine: Updates and Ukrainian Victories

Russia continues to launch attacks along the entire frontline in Ukraine, with Ukrainian commanders reporting ongoing offensive operations. Ukrainian forces are making necessary decisions to preserve lives and ammunition while facing relentless assaults in the northern Donetsk city of Avdiivka. Winter weather conditions have made it challenging to advance, and Russia recently fired eight ballistic missiles at Kyiv, all of which were shot down. The Ukrainian army's summer counteroffensive is seen as having failed, and Russia claims to be advancing in all directions, although these claims could not be independently verified.