As a result of active offensive actions, Russian units from the Center group of forces liberated the city of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The corresponding statement was published on Friday, February 7 by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"As a result of active offensive actions ... the city of Dzerzhinsk of the Donetsk People's Republic has been liberated," the report says.
The Ministry of Defense clarified that units of the 1st, 9th and 132nd Guards separate motorized rifle brigades of the 51st Army and the volunteer formation "Veterans" of the Center group of forces participated in the liberation of the city.
Earlier, EADaily reported that Russian units from the Center group of forces liberated the Druzhba settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic.
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