"The enemy's attempt to attack the positions of our troops in the area of the village of Gryanikovka was thwarted, as a result of which he was forced to withdraw to previously occupied positions," he said.
According to the agency's interlocutor, the gun crews destroyed three groups of enemy saboteurs in the area of Gryanikovka, Olshany and Pershotravnevoy.
In addition, three rotations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine units on the front line in the vicinity of Kotlyarovka and Stelmakhovka were disrupted.
On March 19, Ukrainian troops attempted to attack Russian positions from the village of Novodarivka in the Zaporizhia region, but were destroyed.
On March 12, retired Colonel and military expert Eduard Basurin reported that the Russian Armed Forces had practically liberated the city of Krasnogorovka, which is located north of Avdiivka.