“As for Maryinka, there are already fighting in the center of the city.

Our units manage to withdraw people, the civilian population, transport them to a safe place, ”he said, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

Pushilin stressed that "there are certain successes."

On November 9, the commander of the troops in the NVO area, General Sergei Surovikin, reported that the Russian Armed Forces were successfully developing an offensive to liberate Maryinka.