28 Feb 2022 19:20

DPR militia liberate 12 more settlements - spokesman

DONETSK. Feb 26 (Interfax) - The advancing forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have taken hold of another 12 settlements in Donbas, DPR militia spokesman Eduard Basurin said.

"Over the past 24 hours, as of 7 p.m. February 28, 2022, DPR people's militia units liberated 12 settlements previously controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces: Mirne, Kamenka, Novoselivka, Stepanivka, Novoselivka 2, Novooleksiivka, Kirove, Kremenivka, Hranitne, Kalchik, Hnutove and Talakivka," Basurin told reporters on Monday.

Fighting continues for the liberation of Mariupol and Volnovakha, he added.