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Hour by hour in a battered town on Ukraine's front line / 338X8GN
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The civilians of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine have been in the crossfire of fierce fighting since pro-Russian rebels seized control of nearby Donetsk in 2014. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last February, the once-thriving industrial city of 30,000 in the disputed Donbas region has become a ghost town. Those who haven't fled now hide indoors, huddling in the basements of apartment blocks with no running water or electricity, fearing a direct hit from constant shelling from both sides. An AFP team visited Avdiivka on February 8: here is the account of their morning spent there hour by hour. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES