Donbas militants fired at the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the town of Avdiyivka about 6,000 shells since Monday, January 30, ten servicemen were killed, 66 more wounded, Gen. Maj. Andriy Tsvetkov, the first deputy head of the Ukrainian united operational headquarters said.

"The situation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone near Avdiyivka escalated in the period from January 29 to February 3. Illegal armed units attempted to conduct offensives and drive the Ukrainian Armed Forces away from their positions," Tsvetkov said during a meeting of the state commission for man-made and environmental safety and emergency situations on the situation in Avdiyivka in Kyiv on Friday.

"The enemy failed to achieve success due to organized actions of our troops and suffered losses. As of today, the enemy continues to shell the strongholds of our units. The enemy has carried out about 40 long-lasting rounds of shelling of the positions and fired about 6,000 shells at the Ukrainian Armed Forces units," he said.