Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian military continues offensive operations after the capture of Avdeevka. During two days of fighting in this city, units of the Ukrainian army lost 2.4 thousand military personnel, the minister noted.
Earlier, RT military correspondent Stanislav Obishchenko showed a bunker in Avdievka where military personnel were hiding. The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Valery Gerasimov, presented awards in the special military operation zone to servicemen who distinguished themselves.