The city of Svetlodarsk, Bakhmutsky district of the Donetsk region, was under the Russian occupation, representatives of both parties said.
The head of the Svetlodar military administration, Sergei Goshko, told Free Radio that the Russians entered the city on the morning of May 24.
The DPR territorial defense headquarters also reported on Tuesday in its telegram channel that “Svetlodarsk was transferred to the operational control of our forces, the cleansing of the enemy element continues,” TASS reports. The report said that the city included the forces of the Russian army and the “people’s police” “DPR”.