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🏴 Capture

Russia captured the ruins of Avdiivka, an industrial town of around 30,000 people.

Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast
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Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent Ukrainska Pravda

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Russia (organization) Avdiivka (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Russian forces (organization) Ukraine (organization) Ukrainian armed forces (military_unit) 110th Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Russian military (organization) Ukrainian military (organization) National Police (organization) Olha Pankova (person) Ukrainian forces (organization) Avdiivka Coke Plant (location)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russia captured the ruins of the industrial town of around 30,000 people in February.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Since capturing Avdiivka in February 2024, Russian troops have been inching toward Pokrovsk and reached the city's outskirts at the end of the year.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian forces temporarily established a limited and localised air superiority in the last days of the capture of Avdiivka

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-21T07:37:35.857Z

Source story: 36521