Ukraine says it is withdrawing some troops in Avdiivka to more secure positions

Ukraine's President Zelenskiy takes a video, as he visits in the frontline town of Avdiivka
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy takes a video in front of a road sign with the words "Avdiivka this is Ukraine", amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, as he visits in the frontline town of Avdiivka Donets region, Ukraine December 29, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/ file photo
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Ukraine says it is withdrawing some troops in Avdiivka to more secure positions

Ukraine is conducting a manoeuvre in some areas of the embattled town of Avdiivka to withdraw troops to "more advantageous positions" and in other places is trying to push out Russian troops, military spokesman Dmytro Lykhoviy said on Thursday.

He said in televised comments that Ukraine had activated a backup logistics route into the town, but that supplies into Avdiivka and evacuations from it were "difficult".

Russia is trying to capture the eastern town after months of heavy fighting in the war.

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"In Avdiivka a manoeuvre is underway in some places to withdraw our units to more advantageous positions, in some places to force (the Russians) out of positions," Lykhoviy said.

"Therefore the key announcement with regards to all this is that supplies to Avdiivka and evacuations from there are difficult," he said, adding that they had set in action a "reserve logistics artery" that had been prepared in advance.

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