Russian troops launch more attacks in Avdiivka direction 

The head of the Avdiivka military and civilian administration Vitaliy Barabash shared the information on Espreso TV.

"Since yesterday the number of assaults has increased. It has been raining heavily for a week or so and the soil has been very wet. There were 10 to 15, sometimes 20 assaults per day. Since yesterday there have been 24 assaults and we realize that there will be more. The soils have dried up, so they have started to increase the number of assaults," he said.