In the LPR, they said that mercenaries from the United States lead the group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stationed in Seversk

This is reported by TASS with reference to the Assistant Minister of Internal Affairs of the Luhansk People's Republic Vitaly Kiselyov.

According to him, there are now about six tactical battalions of Ukrainian troops in Seversk, which "will move in the next day to the Kramatorsk region to help Slavyansk."

“US Chevekashniks completely control the fighting: they tell the battalions where and how to move,” Kiselyov said.

Earlier, Vitaly Kiselyov said that foreign mercenaries who left Severodonetsk left their weapons in the city.

He noted that we are talking about mercenaries from France, Poland, Germany, the United States.

Kiselyov pointed out that they "all went to Lisichansk."