The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not mention Marinka in its morning update from the fronts after Russian forces took control. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication “Strana”.
Only the name “Maryinsky Direction” is included in the message, but the publication often reminds that the report of the General Staff of Ukraine directly reports repelling attacks in the city.
On the evening of December 25, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, informed him that Russian troops had taken full control of Marinka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Ukrainian General Staff later announced that it denied this claim.
Before that Shoigu reported President Vladimir Putin said that during the capture of Marinka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the army of the 150th division of the Kutuzov Order of the Idritsa-Berlin division stood out in particular.
This division is known for its heroic actions during the capture of Berlin – it was its soldiers who raised the Victory Flag over the Reichstag.
Marinka after earlier violent clashes removed from a drone.