“Kyiv militants are turning the city into one big fortified area, preparing for street battles,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Rogov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are massively occupying kindergartens, schools, universities, hospitals, and are also housed in small groups in multi-storey buildings in Zaporozhye.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian military destroyed two HIMARS MLRS launchers in the Zaporozhye region.