Ukraine war maps show gains, losses this week as Avdiivka teeters on brink

Russian forces continued their offensive this week targeting the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, just north of Donetsk. It remains surrounded on three sides, according to a graph produced by The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington D.C.-based think tank.

Moscow launched a surprise offensive against the town in October after a Ukrainian counterattack over the summer made only modest ground, failing to reach the Black Sea and cut Russia's land bridge to Crimea. Both Russia and Ukraine have conducted assaults this week in a bid to break an increasingly deadlocked conflict.