Donetsk, Sep 5 — DAN. Donetsk People’s Republic militiamen, supported by Russian forces, have killed some 40 Ukrainian nationalists and destroyed their equipment over the past 24 hours, DPR People’s Militia deputy commander Eduard Basurin said on Monday.

“In joint operations, DPR and Russian servicemen destroyed two enemy tanks, two armored personnel carriers, one truck and two specialized vehicles, and killed up to 40 personnel, ” Basurin said.

The Donbass Republics and Russia have been conducting a a special military operation in Donbass since February 24. As of now the LPR territory is fully liberated; in the DPR, invaders have been dislodged from 275 settlements.*jk