Donetsk, Mar 1 - DAN. Donetsk People’s Republic militiamen have liberated five more settlements on the approaches to Mariupol, DPR militia deputy commander Eduard Basurin said on Tuesday.

“Over the past 24 hours, DPR militia units have liberated a number of settlements on the Mariupol axis which earlier had been controlled by the Ukrainian army: Shirokino, Berdyanskoye, Lebedinskoye, Lomakino, Talakovka and Vodyanoye,” Basurin said.

At present, DPR militia units are completing the blocking of the following settlements: Sopino, Pionerskoye, Sartana, Mariupol and Volnovakha.

Earlier reports said that the DRP militia had liberated nine settlements including the Shirokino village on the approaches to Mariupol. *jk