OREANDA-NEWS   The Russian group of troops "Center" announced strikes on the AFU strongholds in the Avdiivka direction.

"Crews of heavy flamethrower systems destroyed four strongholds near the settlement of Severnoye," said Alexander Savchuk, head of the Center group's press center.

According to him, an air defense system shot down a HIMARS rocket and a GBU-39 guided aerial bomb.

"The enemy's losses amounted to 145 soldiers, five infantry fighting vehicles, two M113 armored personnel carriers, 26 vehicles, an M777 howitzer and three 120 mm mortars were destroyed," Savchuk said.