Line of defense around Mariupol will be completed before the end of this week, said the Governor of the Donetsk region Sergey Taruta Tuesday correspondents.

yesterday, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Turchynov, who visited Mariupol, said that the Ukrainian government will work to strengthen the defense of Mariupol (South Donetsk region).

" this week we already have to finish, " said Taruta to correspondents ' questions about the timing of the completion of the construction of a defensive line around the city of Mariupol.

according to him, the Line will include structures, " which will provide protection not only of Mariupol, but the whole territory from Mariupol to Volnovakha, regardless of the number of personnel and equipment of the enemy ", reports Ukrainian news Agency ".

Taruta also clarified that the defence infrastructure is being built to the East of Mariupol " from the residential settlement of Sorokino to Palapala ".

at the end of the summer, the self-proclaimed militia Donetsk national Republic came in Novoazovsk and began to attack in the direction Mariupol. September 4, near Mariupol were launched violent clashes. Now the city, which houses the regional administration, is placed under the control of the security forces.

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