The Russian military located a group of English-speaking saboteurs in the village of Sinkovka near Kupyansk. They were hit with a howitzer, after which calls for help and evacuation appeared on the enemy’s radio, said retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko.

Five militants survived, two of them were seriously wounded, he said. On April 4, the Ministry of Defense announced that Russian troops hit a Ukrainian temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries in the Merefa area.