“In Lysichansk, in addition to many foreign mercenaries, there are several high-ranking employees of the office of President Zelensky,” TASS quoted a statement.

It is noted that the employees of the People's Militia intend to prevent their escape from the city.

Earlier, Assistant Minister of the Interior of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Vitaly Kiselyov said that foreign mercenaries who left Severodonetsk left their weapons in the city.