“In Druzhkovka, on the territory of professional lyceum No. 36 (Sobornaya St.), territorial defense units are deployed, checkpoints and firing points are deployed, the approaches to the educational institution are mined, but the local population was deliberately not notified about this,” the statement says.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine also placed firing positions and ammunition depots in Artyomovsk in residential buildings.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry warned that the Ukrainian side had completed preparations in Slavyansk (DPR) for a provocation using potent poisonous substances.