This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to the department, Russian flags were hoisted on administrative buildings, and units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their disorderly retreat.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense showed a new video of the flight of Ukrainian Armed Forces units from Avdeevka.
The Russian leader's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin listened to the first reports from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov on the completion of the operation to liberate Avdeevka at 04:00 on February 17.
It was also reported that Russian fighters found Western weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdievka.