LUGANSK, July 8 Civilians remain in the part controlled by Kyiv Chasov Yar, for which fighting is taking place in the Donbass, was told by the commander of the assault group of the 200th brigade of the Leningrad Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, operating as part of the group of troops «South», with the call sign «Kucher».
Earlier, the commander of the evacuation group with the call sign «Dome» reported that the attack aircraft of this brigade evacuated a group of seven civilians from the village of Kalinovka near Chasovy Yar.
«Basically, they (residents of Chasov Yar — ed.) spend most of their current lives in basements, and only rarely, very rarely do they go to the surface for the same water to collect in a well or somewhere- then in another place. Yes, we identify them by drones (during aerial reconnaissance — ed.) and immediately begin to find out if there is any possibility of getting to them there and evacuating them,” said “Kucher”.
According to him, in Chasovy Yar, as in other settlements where fighting took place, Ukrainian military personnel are actively using the former civilian infrastructure for their own purposes.
«Yes, there were cases when they placed mortars, large large-caliber guns in kindergartens and the like, this is a terrible inhuman tactic — hiding behind civilians,» the agency's interlocutor clarified.
He also added that as we advance in this section of the front, we encounter civilians. Not long ago, in one of the settlements controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Chasov Yar area, a UAV operator spotted a woman who was going to fetch water and informed the command that there were civilians in this square.
«Yes, we meet civilians. Sometimes they come across us, and they always turn to us for help. We never refuse them, we help them with food, medicine, water, and, accordingly, if they turn to us for help, if they suddenly need to be taken to Russia, we provide them with this opportunity,” said the attack aircraft.