Yan Gagin, adviser to the acting chief of the DPR, said that Russian troops thwarted an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to withdraw the rest of the troop from the city of Maryinka. He reported that TASS.
According to Gagin, a serious conflict broke out in Marinka on May 16, when the Ukrainian army, with artillery support, tried to withdraw the remnants of the 79th separate air assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It was destroyed by 70%.”
According to him, the group that remained in the city remained in Marinka, again with significant losses.
Former Russian Ministry of Defense reportedthat the most difficult situation on the line of contact is developing in the settlements of Krasnoye and Bogdanovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The ministry said that Russian troops repelled seven attacks of the Ukrainian army in these settlements.