Ukrainian troops managed to conduct a successful operation south of Avdiivka and enter the village of Opytne, as "the enemy slept a little bit in this direction," said Vitaliy Barabash, head of the Avdiivka City Military Administration earlier.
Within the course of a blitz operation, the Defence Forces of Ukraine have taken a part of the settlement of Opytne to the south of the city of Avdiivka under Ukraine's control. Fighting is ongoing in the settlement.
The Ukrainian military launched the national flag of Ukraine into the sky in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, on 9 September, in honour of the city's day. It flew towards occupied Donetsk and later landed in the city's Leninskyi district.