[HIGHLIGHTS] “The group continues to push back the enemy”: Shoigu announced the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the west after the flight of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Avdeevka

Head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, said that the Russian military did not allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to gain a foothold after fleeing Avdeevka. “The group continues to push back the enemy’s advance to the west,” he said.

The Russian military demonstrates courage, bravery and heroism, and successfully solves the tasks assigned to them, he added. In the Donetsk direction, units of the "South" group, conducting active combat operations, occupied more advantageous positions along the front line.