From 39m ago 03.19 EST Opening summary It has gone 10am in Kyiv and 11am in Moscow. This is our latest Guardian blog on the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the capture of Avdiivka "an important victory" after Ukraine's military chief said on Saturday that his troops withdrew from the devastated town in the east of the country after months of intense combat. Although the Russian defence ministry said that Ukrainian units were still entrenched at the town's coke plant, the advance on Avdiivka was Moscow's biggest advance since it took the city of Bakhmut last…
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