MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. The liberation of Avdeyevka has made it possible to push the frontline away from Donetsk, thus significantly securing it from terrorist strikes by the Ukrainian military, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.

"The liberation of Avdeyevka made it possible to push the frontline away from Donetsk, thus significantly securing it from terrorist strikes by the criminal Kiev regime," the ministry stated.