Today, the National Guard units in the vanguard of which was the regiment of special forces "basics" with the support of the Ukrainian armed forces broke through the enemy defense in the city of Mariupol.

This was announced by the Secretary of national security and defense Oleksandr Turchynov today in comments from the event, said the Censor.NET, the press service of the NSDC.

According to him, during the attack were taken under the control of the city Palopoli, Kominterna, Lebedinskii, Berdyansk, Sorokino and others.

"The enemy suffered very serious combat losses. Breaking Russian - terrorist groups around Mariupol, our troops have provided solid defense of the city, to protect from artillery shelling of civilians," said Oleksandr Turchynov.

Source: http://censor.net.ua/