The battle for control of Avdiivka continues. The industrial city near Donetsk seems on the verge of falling into the hands of the Russian army.

RFI met one of its residents, treated in Lviv, in the west of the country. Yana Kovaliova is being treated in the rehabilitation center for amputees. She was killed in a bombing while her daughter was being operated on in the Lviv hospital, where she is now being treated for her injuries. The 45-year-old librarian tries to keep in touch with some friends who remain there.