The building of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Archival photoMOSCOW, April 25The Russian Ministry of Defense showed a destroyed fortified area of the armed formations of Ukraine, located in the residential sector of one of the settlements. According to the department, units of troops and nationalist battalions of Ukraine were stationed here.
The Ministry of Defense showed footage of the Mi-8 escort of Russian equipment in Ukraine»Retreating, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and nationalist battalions abandoned not only their weapons, but also left dozens of bodies of their dead colleagues», — noted in the ministry. The department’s video shows a system of fortifications, as well as the bodies of liquidated militants. The Ministry of Defense added that the nationalists equipped firing points in the homes of civilians, and in household plots, between outbuildings, there was a network of trenches and dugouts that connected firing points in residential buildings. The cellars and living quarters were adapted by the nationalists for shelters, armory rooms and ammunition depots.
