Marinka had been resisting since February 2022, but Ukrainian soldiers reportedly retreated to the outskirts of the city. On Monday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the takeover of the town five kilometers southwest of Donetsk. While a spokesman for the Ukrainian army initially denied this, its commander-in-chief Valeriy Zaluzhny explained that the military had "moved to the outskirts of Marinka" or had "gone beyond the limits of the locality".
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Not enough to "provoke a public outcry", in the words of the soldier. Soldiers are reportedly still in the northern part of the city, Ukrainian forces are also said to have "prepared a line of defense outside this locality" to retreat to. While Moscow has not communicated on the state of Marinka, Valeriy Zaluzhny assured that the city "no longer exists", due to the destruction and shelling.
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