After months of fighting, the Ukrainian army finally withdrew from the town of Avdiivka in the east of the country. “A fair decision” to “save as many lives as possible,” declared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Pellistrandi: Staying had no military interest because the Russian pressure was extremely important. The city is almost destroyed, 34,000 inhabitants before the war and there are barely 900 inhabitants who are holed up in the basements.