“As for the Avdeevka direction, both the 11th regiment and the first brigade show good results there.

The guys are improving their positions, ”TASS quotes him.

According to Pushilin, in the Maryinsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to stay on pre-prepared lines in the private sector.

He also added that the north of the village of Vodyanoe is already under the control of Russian troops and there is a prospect of liberating a number of other villages in this direction.

On January 11, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the liberation of the settlement of Podgorodnoye in the DPR.

Pushilin noted that the liberation of Soledar, Artyomovsk and Seversk would allow destroying the front line of Ukrainian militants in the republic.