This was stated by the head of the National Center for Defense Control of Russia, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.

“In Odessa, in the buildings of schools No. 14 (Krymskaya St., 56A) and 71 (Paustovsky St., 17A), firing positions have been created, and armored vehicles, artillery and MLRS have been placed on the adjacent territory,” Mizintsev said.

He also informed that in Konstantinovka of the DPR, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipped strongholds at school No. 1 and the buildings of the educational and administrative building and the hostel of vocational school No. 39.

Earlier, Mizintsev said that Ukrainian militants continue to place heavy weapons in kindergartens and schools.