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Ukraine's embattled frontline town of Avdiivka is in danger of being captured by Russian forces, the White House says, urging the US House to pass vital military aid for Kyiv. "Avdiivka is at risk of falling into Russian control," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters during a White House briefing. SOUNDBITE
Images show smoke billowing over the frontline town of Avdiivka. Ukraine has in recent weeks reported intense Russian shelling of Avdiivka, which lies just north of the Moscow-controlled city of Donetsk that was seized by separatist forces in 2014. IMAGES
Images show police and soldiers searching through debris following a strike on a residential area of Eastern Ukraine's Kramatorsk on Tuesday. The head of the Donetsk administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, wrote on Telegram that 'enemy fire' had hit the city wounding a young boy. He called on locals to evacuate. IMAGES
Rescuers dig through the rubble of a building after a strike hit the eastern Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar. At least six people were killed and five others injured in the Russian strike on an apartment building the regional governor said. IMAGES
People run away from the site of a strike in Lviv after the city in western Ukraine was hit by two missiles. Smoke billows through the air. The target is a fuel storage facility. IMAGES
NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is looking to 'reset' eastern defences amid the war in Ukraine, as he arrives at an extraordinary summit in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
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