Reporting from Ukraine

Graphic Avdiivka footage reveals the enormous losses Russia incurred assaulting entrenched Ukrainian positions, bodies seen covering the area.

In a strategic move to preserve manpower, Ukraine's military has begun withdrawing forces from the fiercely contested Avdiivka, facing both a massive Russian numerical advantage and shortages of artillery shells.

Ukrainian soldiers noted that due to the dynamic nature of the fighting, some glide bombs fell on Russian soldiers, but the Russian commanders did not care.

Facing Russian fire control over key logistics route, Ukraine reinforces its positions in Avdiivka likely preparing a comprehensive operation to push Russians back to their initial positions.

Ukraine's new Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has been handed to solve a very difficult problem in Avdiivka, where Russians recently penetrated the Ukrainian defense and entered the town from the north.

Russia crosses "death valley" killing field at night to access fortified Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, threatening encirclement of now cut-off Ukrainian defenders struggling to hold the critical town.

As Russian troops failed to breach Ukrainian defenses near Vuhledar, they attempted to bypass the town from the north and attack Novomykhailivka. However, Ukrainian counterattacks pushed the Russian troops back by more than 2 kilometers.

By targeting radars and communications, Ukraine has uncovered flaws in Russia's network of Crimean defenses, enabling an escalating missile and drone campaign.

Ukrainian forces launched a counterstrike on Russian missile launchers responsible for the recent devastating strikes on Kharkiv.

Russia sought to overwhelm Ukraine's air defenses by using decoy missiles, looping trajectories, and even Poland's airspace in the massive 29 December strike

A Russian mechanized assault on the settlement of Synkivka went wrong last week, resulting in the loss of 5 armored vehicles and 40 soldiers, according to Reporting from Ukraine video.

A series of Ukrainian attacks on military transports, bases and infrastructure across southern Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine have dealt blows to the Russian war machine

Using coordinated drone and missile attack, Ukraine strikes Russia's Novocherkassk landing ship in Feodosia on 26 December, destroying weapons and supplies with blast that sinks ship.

After regrouping for about two weeks, Russian troops have attacked Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka again, resulting in intense combat as Ukrainians beat back Russian assaults on the town.