DPR says has taken several populated areas under control

DONETSK. March 10 (Interfax) - Forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), with active fire support from the Russian army, took over several more populated areas in Donbas, the DPR's territorial defense headquarters said.

The populated areas of Stariy Krim, Granitne (Volodarsky district), Novooleksiivka, and Pervomaiske have been liberated, the headquarters said in a report released on Thursday.