“More than 200 militants refused to carry out the order of the command to advance to the Kramatorsk region and announced their “transition” to the Kharkov city defense.

During the ensuing fight with the commanders and the ensuing skirmish, six militants were killed, ”the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier it was reported that the "Kraken" refused to comply with the order of the command and advance from Kharkov to Pokrovskoye.

Before that, it became known that in the Kharkiv region, the Kraken militants were conducting punitive raids.