Earlier, the media reported that & nbsp; the Ukrainian armed forces occupied the settlement of Staromaryevka, which is located on the & nbsp; contact line in Telmanovsky Later, the DPR authorities said that & nbsp; more than 30 residents of Staromaryevka are citizens of & nbsp; RF. In & nbsp; turn in the & nbsp; press center of the 93rd brigade of Ukrainian security forces “ Kholodny Yar '' denied information about & nbsp; taking control of the village of Staromaryevka in & nbsp; Donbass.
“ Ukrainian armed formations de facto took control of this settlement, although it & nbsp; was in & nbsp; & ldquo; gray zone & rdquo;, and was demilitarized ; was not & nbsp; was neither & nbsp; under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, nor & nbsp; under the control of the People's Militia of the DPR. But & nbsp; now the Ukrainian armed formations have moved forward, in fact, they captured Staromaryevka, hung a Ukrainian flag there, erected new fortifications, equipped trenches & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; told in an & nbsp; interview with RIA Novosti Nikonorova.