8 November 2023
![Ukrainian servicemen move past a burning car hit by a kamikaze drone outside the front line town of Avdiivka](/assets/images/avdiivka/8035325138904090.jpg)
Ukrainian servicemen move past a burning car hit by a kamikaze drone outside the front line town of Avdiivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 8, 2023.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters
![A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to residential buildings heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in Avdiivka](/assets/images/avdiivka/1405498112272231.jpg)
A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to residential buildings heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 8, 2023.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters
![Local resident Oleksandr saws firewood next to his bombed-out apartment building in Avdiivka](/assets/images/avdiivka/9503170311445934.jpg)
Local resident Oleksandr saws firewood next to his bombed-out apartment building in Avdiivka on 8 November.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters
![Local resident Rita holds a cat while her neighbor Raisa saws firewood](/assets/images/avdiivka/4595267769982850.jpg)
Local resident Rita holds a cat while her neighbor Raisa saws firewood. With both sides unleashing punishing bombardments, residents must seek refuge in the basements of shattered buildings.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters
![A person walks next to hollowed-out buildings, heavily damaged by Russian strikes on the frontline town of Avdiivka](/assets/images/avdiivka/8129076570449315.jpg)
A person walks next to hollowed-out buildings, heavily damaged by Russian strikes on the frontline town of Avdiivka, on 8 November.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters
![Members of Ukraine's National Guard Omega Special Purpose unit fire a mortar toward Russian troops in Avdiivka](/assets/images/avdiivka/8381486408842067.jpg)
Members of Ukraine's National Guard Omega Special Purpose unit fire a mortar toward Russian troops in the front line town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 8, 2023.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters
![Members of Ukraine's National Guard Omega Special Purpose fire an SPG-9 anti-tank grenade launcher toward Russian troops in Avdiivka](/assets/images/avdiivka/1805853837568951.jpg)
Members of Ukraine's National Guard Omega Special Purpose fire an SPG-9 anti-tank grenade launcher toward Russian troops in the front line town of Avdiivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 8, 2023.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters
![A Ukrainian serviceman walks next to a residential building in Avdiivka](/assets/images/avdiivka/4317207745397669.jpg)
A Ukrainian serviceman walks next to a residential building heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 8, 2023.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters
![A residential buildings heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka](/assets/images/avdiivka/7701955937919219.jpg)
A residential buildings heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 8, 2023.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters
![residential buildings heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka](/assets/images/avdiivka/0354497910131909.jpg)
A view shows residential buildings heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 8, 2023.
— Photo by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Serhii Nuzhnenko via Reuters