This was announced by the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.

“We also see improvements in Marinka, we see that our units are advancing,” he stressed.

According to Pushilin, the stubbornness of the Ukrainian military, taking into account the redeployed reserves, dragged out the wait.

“We expected that Maryinka would be released much earlier,” he added.

Earlier it became known that as a result of successful offensive operations, units of the Russian Armed Forces made significant progress in the Maryinsky direction.