It is reported by RIA Novosti.

It is specified that a group of infantrymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was sent as reinforcements to the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Avdiivka.

Earlier, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a platoon stronghold of Ukrainian troops in the Avdiivka direction.

On February 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Russian troops destroyed more than 140 military Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.