Great battles for the liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic are still ahead. This is what the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said in a conversation with TASS. "I will not say that the situation is close to the end, although I really want to say so. We will have to go through a number of big battles a little later," stated Pushilin. On October 17, the Ministry of Defense announced that it had taken over Dubrofilia and three other settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic. The head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, said that the city is under the complete control of the Russian forces.

Great battles for the liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic are still ahead. This is what the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said in a conversation with TASS. "I will not say that the situation is close to the end, although I really want to say so. We will have to go through a number of big battles a little later," stated Pushilin. On October 17, the Ministry of Defense announced that it had taken over Dubrofilia and three other settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic. The head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, said that the city is under the complete control of the Russian forces.