The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, reported on the conduct of battles against nationalists in the center of Mariupol.
“In Mariupol, units of the Donetsk People’s Republic, with the support of the Russian Armed Forces, are squeezing the encirclement and fighting against nationalists in the city center,” Konashenkov said.
He also added that the grouping of troops of the Lugansk People’s Republic, with fire support from the Russian Armed Forces, had already liberated more than 90% of the territory of the republic.
“Now the units of the LPR are destroying scattered groups of nationalists on the southern outskirts of the liberated village of Rubizhnoye. In the DPR, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue their successful offensive in the northern direction”, said the representative of the department.
According to him, the grouping of troops managed to advance 16 km in a day, take control of the villages of Zolotaya Niva, Novodonetskoye, Novomayskoye and Prechistovka.
Konashenkov also said that 81 Ukrainian military facilities were hit by Russian operational-tactical, army and unmanned aircraft in a day. In total, since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Russian troops have destroyed 138 multiple rocket launchers.