"Our reconnaissance marks the arrival of a large number of foreign troops in the units of the 56th motorized infantry and 406th artillery brigades, which are concentrated in the vicinity of the settlement of Urzuf. Also, the arrival of a group of high-ranking military personnel of the US Armed Forces and Canada to the headquarters of OGT Vostok was noted, RIA Novosti quoted him.
At the same time, Bessonov did not exclude the possibility that US and Canadian servicemen will take "direct part" in carrying out an offensive operation.
Earlier, the official representative of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrei Marochko, said that the Ukrainian security forces had activated snipers and scouts at the contact line.