Fighting for Marinka continues, Ukrainian Armed Forces remain within its administrative borders

Oleksandr Shtupun, spokesman for the Joint Press Centre of the Tavriia Defence Forces, has refuted the Russian propaganda claim that Russian forces have captured the city of Marinka in Donetsk Oblast.

Source: Oleksandr Shtupun on the 24/7 national newscast

Quote: "Fighting for Marinka continues. Our military personnel currently remain within Marinka’s administrative borders. But the city has been razed to the ground. But it’s wrong to say that Marinka has been completely captured."

Previously: Russian propaganda earlier claimed that Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Marinka had been captured.

Shoigu and Putin believe that the capture of Marinka will allow Russian forces to push the Armed Forces of Ukraine away from occupied Donetsk. Putin insists that now the Russians get the opportunity "to enter a wider operational space".

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