“In Svyatogorsk of the Donetsk People’s Republic, militants of nationalist battalions placed artillery pieces and MLRS on the territory of the monastery of the Holy Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra,” he said.
According to him, there are more than 100 civilians in the monastery, including clergy, novices, refugees.
At the same time, Mizintsev added that in Kramatorsk, in the apartment buildings on the streets of Heroes of Ukraine and Korolyov, neo-Nazis equipped firing points on the upper floors, and residents were forcibly kept in their apartments.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian nationalists were preparing a provocation in Nikolaev.