“At the same time, under the pretext of ensuring security, local residents are forbidden to leave their homes,” the general emphasized.

He also informed that Ukrainian militants mined the approaches to the Institute of Foreign Languages ​​and the Civil Registry Office in Bakhmut in the DPR, occupied these buildings, and placed MLRS and armored vehicles nearby.

Mizintsev added that the Ukrainian military had placed a stronghold and artillery in a technical lyceum in Kharkiv.

“In Kharkiv, at Technical Lyceum No. 173 (Samarkandskaya St.), neo-Nazis of the Ukrainian armed formations equipped a stronghold, placed armored vehicles and artillery,” he said.

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense informed that the Ukrainian military had equipped barracks in the gymnasium and placed military equipment in the city park of Kramatorsk.