Donetsk, Feb 28 – DAN. DPR People's Militia has liberated the Bugas township three km away from Volnovakha, the Defence's deputy chief of staff Eduard Basurin said.

According to his report, DPR has so far liberated 19 townships: Pavlopol, Pishchevik, Viktorovka, Bogdanovka, Novognatovka, Nikolaevka, Rybinskoe, Trudovskoe, Vasilievka, Prokhorovka, Starognatovka, Svobodnoe, Donskoe, Dmitrovka, Anadol, Andreevka, Gnutovo, Granitnoe and Bugas.

The efforts to liberate Talakovka, Kamenka and Volnovakha continue.

Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised on February 24 a special military operation in Ukraine to demilitarize and denazify it.
DPR and LPR began liberating their occupied territories with Russia's support. *ot