The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the village of Maloy was controlled near Dobropolia

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the village of Maloy was controlled near Dobropolia

The village of Malua near the town of Dobropolia has come under the control of the Russian military, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. "In the area of ​​the village of Dobrofilia, units of the 51st Army, as a result of offensive operations, expanded the outer ring of the encirclement and liberated the village of Dobrofilia (Maloy) from the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said. "Repeated attempts to break through units of the 4th and 15th divisions of the enemy's National Guard from the encirclement were repelled in the direction of the settlement of Svyatohorivka, Donetsk People's Republic," the statement said.