“In Kharkiv, on the upper and lower floors of residential buildings (Chernyshevsky Street), units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the nationalist battalion “Kraken” are deployed, warehouses for weapons and artillery ammunition are equipped, and firing positions for MANPADS are located on the roofs,” the ministry said in a statement.

It is noted that the nationalists stop the attempts of the civilian population to leave the houses where strongholds are deployed, under the pretext of ensuring security.

On the adjacent territory they placed armored vehicles.

It was also reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine mined bridges in the Dnepropetrovsk region in order to blame the Russian side for their subsequent undermining.