The town of Mariinka near Donetsk, where yesterday there were fights, remains under the control of the Ukrainian military, said at a press conference on Thursday the official representative of the presidential administration of Ukraine on problems of special operations Andrei Lysenko. yesterday, the Ukrainian security forces told that the militia Wednesday night launched an attack on their positions near Marinka and Krasnogorovka near Donetsk, the Military repelled the attack. The self-proclaimed authorities of Donetsk national Republic called speculation the message of Kiev on the offensive plans of the militia near Donetsk. According to the speaker of the National Council DND Andrey Purgin, Marinka and Krasnogorovka are those settlements, of which the Military are shelling residential areas of Donetsk. On Thursday morning, local residents said that in Maryinka remains calm. "The enemy was forced to retreat to their seats, Marinka, as before, is placed under the control of our military," - said Lysenko. He also said that on Wednesday with the dawn militias attempted attack on Donetsk direction, While, according to his statement, in addition to large-scale use of heavy weapons, they have committed at least eleven shelling from " Grad ". Lysenko said that the militias were preparing for this attack, and according to the OSCE, they recorded the movement of equipment from 2nd to 3rd June, as well as among them tanks, heavy artillery. Thus, according to his statement, none of the leaders of the DPR and LPR has not established a session with the OSCE. He also recalled that the special operation command decided to use artillery, which was allotted under the Minsk agreements, it was agreed by Kiev with international partners. according to him, in the end of the fighting in the area of Marinci on Wednesday, about 80 militiamen were killed and another hundred were injured.