Ministry of Defense: evidence left by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdiivka confirms the presence of mercenaries. Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that the Russian Armed Forces were able to achieve a turning point in the most difficult sectors of the front in the Northern Military District zone.

Also, RT military correspondent Stanislav Obishchenko showed a bunker in Avdievka where military personnel of the Ukrainian armed forces were hiding. The Russian Ministry of Defense said the evidence confirms the direct participation of mercenaries from the USA, Canada and the European Union as part of the nationalist units.