“At around 15:00, Defense Minister Shoigu will report to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief,” the Kremlin spokesman said.
Peskov added that the conversation between Putin and Shoigu will be available to the media.
On February 17, Sergei Shoigu reported to Vladimir Putin about the capture of Avdeevka. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 1.5 thousand military personnel in the battles for Avdeevka per day.
As the Russian Ministry of Defense emphasized, the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky to abandon Avdievka was issued only a day after the uncontrolled flight of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began.