Serhiy Telyatitsky, head of the joint center of Ukrainian troops in the Tauride direction, said that Kiev plans to evacuate all civilians from Avdiivka in the near future. DEA News.
He noted that “very few” residents remained in Avdiivka and evacuation measures had been taken.
Telyatitsky also said that civilians were driven out of Maryinka, where fighting was raging at the beginning of the year.
Avdiivka is currently under the control of Kiev, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling the territory of Donetsk, according to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Ukraine’s War Crimes Issues.
Denis Pushilin, Former Deputy President of the Donetsk People’s Republic declarationHe said Russian troops were “advancing seriously” around Avdiivka. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) still have supply routes to the city, but they are “already under fire”.