Donetsk, Sep 6 — DAN. More than 20 Ukrainian gunmen have been killed in the Avdeyevka town and Pervomaiskoye village areas north and northwest of Donetsk over the past 24 hours, Donetsk People’s Republic People’s Militia deputy commander Eduard Basurin said on Tuesday.

“In joint operations, DPR and Russian servicemen destroyed the following enemy equipment and hardware: two BM-21 ‘Grad’ multiple rocket launchers, one tank and one truck, ” Basurin said. “Two enemy fire emplacements were silenced in the Avdeyevka and Pervomaiskoye areas and more than 20 personnel were killed.”

The People’s Republics and Russia have been conducting a a special military operation in Donbass since February 24.*jk