On 12 June, the Ukrainian Navy's 35th Separate Marine Brigade said it had liberated the village of Storozheve in the southwestern Donetsk Oblast.
"As part of counter-offensive actions, Odesa Marines (the brigade's home base is in Odesa Oblast, - Ed.) liberated the village of Storozheve, Donetsk Oblast, which had been under occupation since March 2022. As a result of the clearing of the village, about 50 Ruscists ('Russian fascists', - Ed.) were killed, and four were taken prisoner," the Brigade's official Facebook account wrote, publishing a video of the marines in Storozheve:
A marine in the video says that the operation started at 5 a.m. and first faced Russian resistance, including artillery strikes, but then the servicemen took the village home by home.
Storozheve is located next to Blahodatne, the liberation of which was reported a day before. Also, on 11 June, the Defense Ministry said
two more villages were liberated in the same area, Neskuchne and Makarivka.
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