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Euractiv/Reuters: Ukraine’s Zelenskiy warns of ‘difficult defence’ in east as cold sets in 

Ukrainian troops face “difficult” defensive operations on parts of the eastern front with bitter winter cold setting in, but forces in the south are still conducting offensive actions, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday (22 November). 

Russian troops launched offensives on different sections of the front line in Ukraine’s east this autumn, trying to advance on the devastated town of Avdiivka and in the northeast between the towns of Lyman and Kupiansk.  

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