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Added on the 15/01/2023 16:18:02 - Copyright : AFP EN
The first snow of the winter blankets the armoured vehicle-tracked roads in east Ukraine's frontline Donetsk region as the conflict with Russia drags on. Winter snow, mud and ice are expected to force a lull in Ukraine's months-long counteroffensive to retake territory occupied by Moscow's forces. IMAGES
Images taken from the town of Chasiv Yar show smoke rising from the direction of Bakhmut following shelling. The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said that his forces control more than half of the embattled eastern Ukraine town of Bakhmut, the stage for the longest battle of Russia's offensive. IMAGES
As extreme cold hits Eastern Canada, temperatures in Montreal, Quebec, went down to -25 degrees Celsius causing a phenomenon called "sea smoke." IMAGES
Smike rises over the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar in east Ukraine where the ongoing battle for control was described as "bloodiest" of the war so far by Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak. The fate of Soledar is still unclear, with Russian mercenary group Wagner claiming to control the gateway town while the Kremlin cautioned against declaring victory prematurely. IMAGES
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are among the delegates arriving for Sunday's East Asia Summit that rounds off the first leg of a trilogy of summits, with the G20 on the holiday island of Bali and an APEC gathering in Bangkok to follow. IMAGES
Russia holds naval exercises in the waters off its eastern coast, as part of the 'Vostok-2022' drills. IMAGES
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