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On February 16, the Russian army took control of the central districts of Avdiivka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Russian control of the city center was confirmed by the footage from the city.
The servicemen of the Russian 55th Brigade planted Russian flags of the city of Tuva and the Russian Ministry of Defence on the memorial on the site of the mass grave of Soviet soldiers of the Southern Front who died in the battles for Avdiivka against the German Nazis in 1943. The memorial is located in the Railway Workers’ Park opposite the Avdiivka railway station.
Another Russian flag is waving on the ruins of the local hospital located nearby.
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This is the very center of Avdiivka:
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Ukrainian forces deployed on the streets in the north-east of the city have the last chance to escape to the south in order to avoid the cauldron. Russian forces are approaching the Khimik district, where the Ukrainian military attempts to hold the defense in the high-rise buildings.
