His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
“The village is ... under the control of mercenaries from almost the entire NATO,” Stremousov said.
According to him, foreign mercenaries participating in the hostilities on the side of Ukraine do not hide their tasks in killing the civilian population.
Earlier, Stremousov said that the Ukrainian military shot 16 people in the village of Velyka Aleksandrovka in the north of the region.
According to the deputy head of the administration, the Ukrainian military "took the first ones they came across and shot them."