Stremousov
The Russians are not retreating: "We stopped them and captured them"
They managed to thwart an attempt by Ukrainian troops to break through the defense line near the Inhulets River.
"An attempt to break through the defense line was repelled along the Andrejevka axis in the area of the Inhulec River. So, everything is under control," he announced in a video posted on the Telegram social network.
They want to become part of Russia; They will also ask for a military base
According to the deputy head of the regional military-civil administration, Kyryl Stremousov, the goal is to become a Russian region.
"We do not plan to be a separate independent republic. Our main task is to be region within the Russian Federation," Stremousov told RIA Novosti.