18.03.2022, Moscow.
Combat to liberate Mariupol is already underway in the center of the city, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a daily briefing on March 18.
“In Mariupol, units of the Donetsk People’s Republic, supported by the Russian Armed Forces, are tightening the ring of encirclement and fighting against nationalists in the center of the city,” Konashenkov said.
According to Konashenkov, the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic together with the Russian Armed Forces are also conducting an offensive in the northern direction. The troops advanced 16 kilometers in a day. The villages of Zolotaya Niva, Novodonetskoye, Novomayorskoe and Prechistovka have come under the control of the DPR and Russian Armed Forces.
Earlier, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia said that Ukrainian nationalists are trying to hold Mariupol and thus hoping to cover up traces of their crimes.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
