“In Avdiivka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, on the ground floors of residential buildings, in school No. 2 and in the buildings of the anti-tuberculosis dispensary, the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are stationed, civilians are being held in the basements by force,” the agency said.
In addition, in the village of Borovskoye of the Lugansk People's Republic, militants of the Right Sector * equipped firing positions and sniper points in residential buildings, the press release says.
“Civilians are prohibited from leaving their homes, and all attempts to evacuate to safe areas are severely suppressed,” the headquarters emphasized.
As Eduard Basurin, deputy head of the People's Militia Department of the DPR, said earlier, the forces of the republic do not plan to enter Avdiivka, the city will be blocked.
According to him, the tactics of small boilers are used in the Avdeevka direction.
* "Right Sector" is a Ukrainian association of radical nationalist organizations, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia (decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 11/17/2014).