“In Seversk, in the buildings of the city hospital (Suvorova Street), nationalists have equipped firing positions, armored vehicles, large-caliber artillery and MLRS are placed on the adjacent territory, and residents of nearby houses are kept in the premises under the pretext of ensuring security,” he said.

Mizintsev also added that Ukrainian nationalists have equipped firing positions and sniper points in Bakhmut DPR in the dermatological dispensary and clinic "Medcenter", the approaches to the institutions are mined.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian militants deployed armored vehicles and equipped firing positions on the territory of elevators and granaries in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine, as well as in the settlements of the DPR.