LUGANSK, September 19. /TASS/. Russian Armed Forces units are advancing toward Nadiya in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) from the village of Dobropolye along the Vodyanaya River, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS.

"Our troops have advanced from the villages of Dobropolye and Novogrishino and are moving along the water barrier--the Vodyanaya River--in the direction of Nadiya," he said.

Marochko suggested that Nadiya would soon come under the control of the Russian military.