Vladimir Putin congratulated Minister Sergei Szojgu and commanding the hit on Awdijiwaka by General Andrei Mordwiczow to get  the town-fortress at Donetsk. The conflict  took place in the large  Ocheretine-Awdijiwka-Pervomajska triangle. The last hours of fighting were dramatic due to the fact that Ukrainian command had to execute  a retreat maneuver to avoid double laps of its forces.