DONETSK, March 19. /TASS/. Ukrainian forces left a number of positions near the villages of Orlovka and Tonenkoye near Avdeyevka, Igor Kimakovsky, an advisor to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), told TASS.

"Fierce fighting near Tonenkoye and Orlovka has yielded fruit. Pressed by the attacks of our army, Ukrainian armed formations abandoned a range of positions there," he said.

While retreating, Ukrainian troops left the bodies of their killed fellow soldiers where they fell, Kimakovsky added.