“In the city of Mariupol, the commercial seaport has been completely liberated from the militants of the Nazi formation “Azov”.
All the hostages held by the Nazis on ships in the port, including foreign ones, have been released,” the agency said in a statement.
Earlier, Russian military personnel prevented an attempt to break through the remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine encircled on the territory of the Ilyich plant in Mariupol.
According to the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, the operation to liberate the territory of the republic will be intensified.