Russian Defense Ministry: militants of the national battalion deployed MLRS at a school in the DPR

"In New York, the militants of the nationalist battalion" Right Sector "on the territory of school No. 16 (Esenina St.) deployed MLRS, from which they systematically fire at the positions of the Armed Forces of Russia and the formations of the Donetsk People's Republic, thereby provoking them to return fire," he noted.

Mizintsev also added that residents of nearby houses are being held in the basement of the institution.

Earlier it was reported that Russian aviation destroyed up to 200 Right Sector militants in Kamyshevakh, Zaporozhye region, with high-precision weapons.

* "Right Sector" is a Ukrainian association of radical nationalist organizations, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia (decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 11/17/2014).