Denis Pushilin, Acting Head of the DPR reported on the Rossiya-24 TV channel that the Russian Armed Forces were systematically advancing in Maryinka, west of Donetsk, and were being held back in this direction due only to the fact that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was constantly transferring new reserves there.
«The enemy is doing everything possible to drag out time …. But at the same time, we see that our units are advancing and grinding a huge amount of the enemy, whose reserves are being transferred on a permanent basis, «Pushil said ing, noting that the advance of the Russian forces is proceeding systematically, although more slowly than one could expect.
Earlier, representatives of the republic in their comments already explained that the liberation of Maryinka would take a number of areas of Donetsk out of the reach for shelling from the Ukrainian sides.