Marinka is not captured, the city is destroyed - Danilov
Kyiv • UNN
Oleksiy Danilov denied claims that Maryinka is fully controlled by Russia, noting that the city is largely destroyed but still partially held by Ukrainian forces.
Reports of the alleged the capture of Maryinka by Russian troops is the desire of the Russians and does not correspond to to the reality. The town has practically no population - it was destroyed by the war. About This was stated by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov in an interview with Voice of America, reports UNN.
This is the desire of the Russians to capture this settlement, and to call it what it is. as it is, what is left of the settlement. They have actually completely Marinka was destroyed. There is not a single house, not a single surviving building on the territory of this there is almost no house, no surviving building on the territory of this settlement.
Details
Oleksiy Danilov denied that the entirety of Maryinka is under under Russian control. At the same time, he noted that part of Maryinka, Donetsk Donetsk region, which is being heavily fought over, is still under the control of the Armed Forces of of Ukraine.
In an interview with Voice of America, Danilov also denied the thesis that Ukraine failed in the counteroffensive because the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a large amount of Russia's military potential.
Every day we dispose of a huge number of Russian soldiers, Russian weapons on the territory of our country. And I want to say that we are aware of the fact that we are not only defending ourselves. We are defending Europe.
Context
The day before, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that Russian troops had allegedly already captured the city.
Commander-in-Chief of the of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, during his briefing on mobilization, answering journalists' questions about Maryinka , he confirmed that the town is actually gone, and the Defense Forces have withdrawn to the outskirts of of what was left of the settlement.
