Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin arrived in liberated Avdiivka. “Today we managed to get to Avdeevka, there is a lot of work here,” he said.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian military continues offensive operations. During two days of fighting in this city, units of the Ukrainian army lost 2.4 thousand military personnel, the minister noted. 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.