“The people’s militia of the LPR liberated Novotoshkovskoye,” the NM Telegram channel says.
On April 20, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic announced that 167 settlements had been taken under control by the forces of the DPR.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian armed forces are consistently fulfilling the plan for the liberation of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics.