3rd Assault Brigade conducted a relief operation over five days to extract the 110th Brigade from near-encirclement and facilitate a retreat to prepared positions 5km away.

3rd Assault Brigade conducted a relief operation over five days to extract the 110th Brigade from near-encirclement and facilitate a retreat to prepared positions 5km away.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, announced the withdrawal of Ukrainian units from Avdiivka.

The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade has withdrawn to prepared positions on the outskirts of Avdiivka and leveled the front line. Currently, the Russians are not slowing down their offensive. We continue to hold the defense in the Avdiivka direction.

Elements of the 3rd Assault Brigade were sent to support withdrawal at two battalions' strength

Relatives of Ivan Zhytnyk, Andriy Dubnytsky, and Hryhoriy Pavlov identified their bodies in a video released by Russian sources after they were captured at the Zenit position in Avdiivka.

The Ukrainian 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade press service stated they could neither confirm nor deny the specific identities of the deceased in the video, calling for verification.