Russia advances in Ukraine. In mid-February, Ukrainian soldiers withdrew from the heavily contested and bombed city of Avdijivka in eastern Ukraine.
The villages of Severne, Stepove and Lastochkyne in the eastern part of the country are said to have been captured by Russia.
The war in Ukraine
Now the Ukrainians on several front sections have begun to dig in, just as the Russians did on the southern front before the Ukrainian summer offensive.
See the clip: It is necessary for Ukraine to launch a new counter-offensive.