Ukrainian military in Kharkiv region. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 16 In the Poltava region, militants of the nationalist battalion Azov* (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) set up barracks in a medical center, Colonel-General, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said on Tuesday Mikhail Mizintsev.
"In Novye Sanzhary, Poltava region, in the medical center (Korortnaya Street), militants of the "Azov"* battalion are stationed, an ammunition depot is equipped, while the nationalists cynically expelled medical personnel and patients from medical institution", — said Mizintsev.
According to him, in the DPR in Aleksandrovka, Ukrainian armed formations are concentrated in the hospital building (Dzerzhinsky Street), armored vehicles are deployed on the adjacent territory, while the evacuation of residents of nearby houses was not carried out. In addition, in the city of Artemovsk, on the territory of a tuberculosis hospital (Mariupolskaya street), units of Ukrainian troops are deployed, checkpoints and firing points are deployed, the approaches to the building are mined, but the local population was deliberately not warned about this. troops in the city psychiatric hospital (Bilokur Street) equipped barracks and weapons depots, placed artillery and MLRS on the territory of the institution, from which they systematically fire at nearby settlements. * Terrorist organization banned in RussiaJune 22, 17:18InfographicInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine