Russia says has taken city of Avdiivka after Ukrainian troop withdrawal
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00:00 These images were released by the Russian Ministry of Defence on Sunday.
00:05 They claim to show Ukrainian soldiers under intense enemy artillery fire near Avdiivka,
00:10 a town in the Donetsk region that Russian forces say they're now in complete control
00:14 of.
00:16 They claim they're in the process of clearing the area of the few remaining soldiers and
00:20 they're not planning on stopping there.
00:22 "Our troops will continue their offensive operations in order to free the People's Republic
00:27 of Donetsk, which is in the hands of nationalist Ukrainians."
00:32 On the Ukrainian side, it's these images that are being shared.
00:36 Soldiers gathered around a fire, in the basement of the Avdiivka coke and chemical plant.
00:41 They're surrounded by shelling.
00:43 Even this soldier's coffee isn't spared.
00:49 A plant that Russian forces claim to have taken control of on Monday.
00:54 Despite losing Avdiivka, Volodymyr Zelensky remains confident.
00:59 According to the Ukrainian president, his troops can recover land abandoned by the Russians
01:04 and Vladimir Putin quote "can still lose".
01:08 On Sunday, Ukrainian authorities accused Russian forces of shooting six unarmed Ukrainian prisoners
01:14 of war in the city and two others near Bakhmut.
01:18 The prosecutor's office in Donetsk has opened an investigation.
01:22 Russia's defence ministry has yet to respond to the allegations, but Moscow has previously
01:27 denied claims that it has killed prisoners of war.