Russia takes control of Avdiivka after Ukrainian troops withdraw
Experts are saying the capture of the city in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine is not a significant operation victory for Moscow.
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00:00 Ukrainian troops withdrew from their last holdout in Radvika. Russian President Vladimir Putin
00:07 has hailed his army's capture of the eastern Ukrainian town as an important victory. According
00:13 to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian army has lost 1,500 troops in the past 24
00:21 hours.
00:22 In return, commander of the Ukrainian ground forces in Ukraine Alexander Tarnovsky stated
00:28 that in four months of the active phase of the Radvika defensive operation, Russian losses
00:34 amounted to over 47,000 military personnel. At least three people were killed in a Russian
00:41 bombing of a private residential building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk
00:47 overnight on Sunday, local authorities reported. Kramatorsk remains on the Ukrainian side of
00:53 the front line in Donetsk, but is regularly targeted.
00:59 (dramatic music)