Ukraine's military spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun said Russia had reduced ground assaults and air strikes on the eastern town of Avdiivka but had not abandoned their plans to surround the town.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed Kyiv had suffered colossal losses.
Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said no decision had been made about the jobs of two senior military commanders Joint Forces Commander Serhiy Nayev and Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, chief of the Tavria military command after local media reported that they might be sacked.
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