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Moscow Times: Russia Claims Capture of Eastern Ukraine’s Maryinka 

Russia said Monday that its forces have captured Maryinka, a town in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region that has been all but destroyed during Moscow’s invasion. 

“The assault detachment of the ‘South’ grouping completely liberated the settlement of Maryinka today,” Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin in a televised meeting. 

Kyiv has not yet commented on Moscow’s claim.  

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Update: Russia says seized town of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine (AFP)  

WNU Editor: This is a strategic military victory for Russia. And while Ukraine is denying these Russian claims …. Military: Battle for Marinka continues (The Kyiv Independent), Russian TV is broadcasting within the town …. WATCH RT inside liberated key town in Donbass (RT).