15 January - RIA Novosti. The town of Dzerzhinsk (Ukrainian name - Toretsk) in the DNR has come under the control of Russian troops, the adjacent mine territory is being cleaned up, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the Russian Public Chamber's commission on sovereignty issues and co-chairman of the coordination council for the integration of new regions, told RIA Novosti.
‘Good news has come from the front. The entire territory of the city of Dzerzhinsk itself is already under the control of the Russian army, the mopping up of the adjacent mine territory is underway,’ Rogov said.
According to him, the main enemy forces have been defeated and the remnants have fled the city.
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