LIVE | Ukrainian troops must leave Avdiivka, Russia appears to be winning battle for strategic city

Ukrainian troops lost the main supply route to Avdiivka, on Ukraine’s eastern front, on Thursday. “The supply to Avdiivka and the evacuation from the city are more difficult,” a spokesperson at the front said during a television broadcast. And NATO and Ukraine are setting up a new center in Poland to analyze Russia’s military strategy. At the center, the Ukrainian armed forces can share battlefield experience with NATO, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced. Follow all developments about the war in Ukraine and the situation in Russia in this live blog.

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