Avdijiwka and Marijnka pod Donetsk are the towns for which fighting has been going on for respective years. besides during the present full-scale war, separatist forces, supported by units of the regular Russian army, were incapable to occupy both towns and decision the front importantly westward. In March, as the place of the heaviest fights, alongside Bachmut, Awdijiwka was very frequently mentioned.
