DONETSK, April 11. /TASS/. Ukrainian troops have abandoned some positions near Avdeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), adviser to the DPR head Igor Kimakovsky told TASS on Thursday.

"The continued operation of short-and long-range artillery has yielded results near Novokalinovo. The fire density and operations by our assault groups have left no chances for the Ukrainian army: they have had to abandon positions, at least those who have survived," Kimakovsky said.

The adviser to the DPR head told TASS earlier on Thursday that Russian forces had destroyed a Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle with its crew and a mine clearance vehicle in the residential area of Chasov Yar.