Russian Ministry of Defense: militants of the territorial defense of Ukraine shot their soldiers while retreating to the DPR

“During the retreat on July 25 from the settlement of Pokrovskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the remnants of the 15th battalion of the 58th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine came under heavy fire and were shot by militants of the 118th territorial defense brigade, who occupied the positions of the second echelon in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Bakhmutskoye,” — reported in the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

Earlier it became known that the Ukrainian military, while retreating from Lisichansk to the LPR, blew up all the bridges and overpasses.

Assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Lugansk People's Republic, Vitaly Kiselyov, also said that the Ukrainian military during the retreat from settlements in the Donbass destroy wheat fields and grain storage facilities.