The central part of Mariupol is practically under the control of the DPR forces

MOSCOW, Apr 4The central part of Mariupol has practically come under the control of the DPR forces, the industrial zone and the port remain, the cleansing continues, said Eduard Basurin, a representative of the People’s Militia of the DPR. resisted, the industrial zone and the port remain,» he said on the air of «Russia 24». According to Basurin, the fighting is now continuing in the Staromaryinka area, at the moment about 40% of the settlements are under the control of the DPR forces. He added that there is little progress there is between Donetsk and Horlivka, bypassing Avdiivka, but there is fierce resistance and every house is a fortress. However, in June of that year, the Ukrainian security forces regained control of Mariupol, and its eastern suburbs became one of the hottest places of conflict in Ukraine. On March 7, 2022, Alexander Semyonov, deputy commander of the Vostok battalion of the DPR, said that the city was surrounded, and a cleansing of some of its districts had begun. Currently, the military of the DPR and Russia are fighting for the liberation of the city. Among other Ukrainian units, they are resisted by the nationalist Azov regiment, against whose fighters a criminal case has been initiated in the Russian Federation. 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 the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.