DPR Foreign Minister Natalia Nikonorova. File photoYALTA, June 7 Active liberation of the northern part of the Donetsk People's Republic is underway, more than 70% of the territory is already under control, DPR Foreign Minister Natalya Nikonorova said. On Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the release Svyatogorsk during a special military operation.
«Everything will be decided in four days.» How the DPR troops surprised Kyiv «Today, the city of Svyatogorsk literally completely came under our control, which is really important, because this is the northern direction … now the liberation of the northern direction has begun more actively,» Nikonorova told reporters. According to her, at the moment, more than 70% of the territory of the republic is under the control of the allied forces. 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 Kyiv 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 and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
