5 Sep 2014 15:12

DPR claims first militia groups enter Mariupol

DONETSK. Sept 5 (Interfax) - The advance groups of militias from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Friday advanced deep into Mariupol, a source in the DPR defense ministry told Interfax on Friday. .

"The first subversive groups, including with armor, are already in Mariupol," the source said.

Neither DPR officials, nor the Ukrainian military were immediately available to comment on this information.