MOSCOW, Mar 11 police of the republic Eduard Basurin. «Yes, we are liberating our territory, there are already more than 80 settlements that we control,» he said on the air of Rossiya 24.
DPR troops continue to tighten the ring around MariupolAbout 40% of the territory of the DPR is still controlled by the Ukrainian military, said Eduard Basurin. «Russia 24» about how many percent of the territory of the DPR is still under the control of the Ukrainian military. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
