“In Kharkiv, in the hospital building (Igor Muratov Street), firing points are located on the upper floors, an ammunition depot is located in the basement, while medical personnel and patients are forcibly kept in the premises,” he said at a briefing.

Mizintsev added that in Chasov Yar in the DPR, in the buildings of the city hospital No. 3 (Pirogova Street), a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was located, and armored vehicles and artillery firing positions were located on the adjacent territory.

In addition, a strong point is equipped in Odessa in the building of hospital No. 9 (Pasteur Street) and in Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic in the children's clinic No. 3 (Geroev Ukrainy Street).

The approaches to the building are mined.

“The staff of the polyclinic and the sick, including children, are forcibly kept in the basement,” he said.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian nationalists from the Azov and Aidar battalions had set up firing positions in kindergartens, hospitals and churches.