Ukraine: Latest news — Avdeevka before the arrival of the Russians

Medics of the 47th Regiment "Magura" A separate mechanized brigade is helping a Ukrainian soldier who was recently wounded in the city of Avdievka at a medical stabilization point. Photo: ALINA SMUTKO/REUTERS

Today in Ukraine: The Latest, we bring you the latest news from the front lines and take a close look at the city of Avdievka blown up in the Donbass: people, geography and the likely course of the battle there.

Listen to Ukraine Breaking News, The Telegraph's daily podcast, using the audio player at the top of this article or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast app.

The war in Ukraine is changing our world. Every weekday, The Telegraph's leading journalists analyze the invasion from all angles — military, humanitarian, political, economic, historical — and tell you everything you need to know to stay informed.

Our podcast Ukraine: The Latest, with over 60 million listeners, is your go-to source for all the latest analysis, real-time reactions and on-the-ground reporting. We have been broadcasting since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Ukraine: Regular participants of The Latest are:

David Knowles

David — director audio development department at The Telegraph, where he worked for almost three years. He reported from all over Ukraine during the full-scale invasion.

Dominic Nicholls

Dom is deputy editor (defence) at The Telegraph, joining in 2018. He previously served in the British Army for 23 years in tank and helicopter units. He had operational deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland.

Francis Dearnley

Francis is assistant comment editor at The Telegraph. Before working as a journalist, he was chief of staff to the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Policy Council in the Houses of Parliament in London. He studied history at Cambridge University and in the podcast reveals how the past sheds light on the latest diplomatic, political and strategic events.

They are also regularly joined by The Telegraph's foreign correspondents around the world, including Joe Barnes(Brussels), Sofia Yang (China), Natalia Vasilyeva (Russia), Roland Oliphant (Senior Reporter) and Colin Freeman (Reporter).