Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated from their positions near the Vasilyevsky pumping station in the DPR

“Ukrainian militants were driven out of their positions in the Avdiivka direction and forced to retreat behind the Donetsk-Krasnoarmeysk highway.

Our fighters continue to increase pressure on the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier, the People's Militia of the DPR announced the liberation of the Drobyshevo settlement in the Donbass.

The official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko, announced the liberation of the village of Orekhovo.