Ukrainian soldier in Kramatorsk. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 13Ukrainian troops have deployed heavy weapons in Kramatorsk and are provoking return fire, hiding behind civilians as human shields, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of Russia's National Defense Control Center, said.
"In Kramatorsk, Donetsk People's Republic, in densely populated residential areas (Kramatorsk Boulevard, Dvortsovaya St., M.Primaychenko St., Parkovaya St.), Ukrainian nationalists have equipped firing positions, placed armored vehicles, artillery pieces and MLRS, from which they systematically fire at nearby settlements, provoking return fire from units of the Armed Forces of Russia and the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic,» he said at a briefing.
At the same time, the colonel-general specified, civilians were forbidden to leave their homes, the nationalists actually use them as human shields. . In addition, Vitaliy Kiselyov, assistant head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Lugansk People's Republic, posted a video in which a Ukrainian soldier complains about the lack of support among the population of the city, which is waiting for the arrival of Russian troops. jpg» />June 22, 17:18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation in Ukraine. According to Vladimir Putin, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/f38c33c65b4404bfc0feeff79f4f5abe.jpg» />Residents of Kyiv-controlled Kramatorsk see many foreigners in the city