Peskov called the destruction of the national battalions in Ukraine the primary task of the special operation

“The main thing is to release all the same from these nationalist battalions.

The operation continues, and the tasks ahead are well known," Peskov said.

He also expressed confidence that all the goals of the Russian special operation "must be fulfilled and will be fulfilled." 

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the forces of the DPR and Russian troops completely liberated the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol from Ukrainian militants.

In addition, in Mariupol, the sea trading port was completely liberated from the militants of the Ukrainian national battalion "Azov".

On April 11, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced that the operation to liberate the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic would be intensified.