“In order to protect the civilian population and to avoid new losses in the ranks of the People's Militia, our defenders were forced to open fire.

Accurate data on the losses of the enemy are being established, ”said Anton Mikuzhis, officer of the press service of the LPR People’s Militia Department.

Earlier it became known about the death of a serviceman of the LPR as a result of sniper fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On February 1, the department announced the death of two people as a result of shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine.