10 Mar 2022 10:57

Russian Defense Ministry says several neighborhoods in Mariupol taken under control

MOSCOW. March 10 (Interfax) - The Russian Defense Ministry has said a number of neighborhoods in Mariupol have been taken under control.

"The operation to liberate the city of Mariupol of nationalists has been continuing. Donetsk Republic people's militia units have taken control of the neighborhoods of Azovsky, Naidenivka, Lyapyne, and Vynohradar and approached the Azovstal plant. The Western neighborhood in the western part of the city has been liberated," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.