The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries are holding civilians in Kramatorsk

It is noted that the Ukrainian armed formations place strongholds, sniper points, armored vehicles and mortar firing positions at school No. 35 and in private households in Kramatorsk.

“At the same time, civilians are forcibly kept in the basements of houses, hiding behind them as a “human shield,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Earlier, the Russian defense ministry said that militants of national battalions, as well as firing points and artillery, were stationed at a school and a kindergarten in Kramatorsk.