Ukrainian soldiers with an American M777 howitzer. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 19 Ukrainian troops and nationalist formations are deploying weapons and equipping strongholds at civilian facilities in the DPR settlements of Slavyansk, Artyomovsk and others, the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, General Colonel Mikhail Mizintsev. — he said. In turn, the enemy troops were stationed in the Lokomotiv sports complex in Slavyansk (Vokzalnaya Street), and on the territory of the museum complex of the settlement Prelestnoye they equipped a strong point and an ammunition depot, placed armored vehicles on the adjacent territory. According to Mizintsev, the national battalions continue to hide behind peaceful people DNR telems. So, in Novoukrainka, on the territory of private households, Ukrainian nationalists placed strongholds and artillery positions, from which they systematically fire at the positions of the RF Armed Forces, provoking them to return fire: «At the same time, the militants keep local residents in their homes, actually using them as a» human shield «.
June 22, 17:18InfographicInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
