“Now we have offensive actions specifically on the territory of the DPR in the direction of Slavyansk, slowly but surely our fighters are operating there.

There is also activation on the southern front in the Ugledar region, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Assistant Minister of the Interior of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Vitaly Kiselyov assessed the possible consequences for the Ukrainian military of the liberation of Slavyansk.