This was told to RIA Novosti by a source in law enforcement agencies.
According to the interlocutor of the agency, the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire on residential areas of the city in the presence of representatives of Western media.
In August, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Ukrainian military mined a water station in Novomikhailovka in the DPR.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine planned to blow up the station with the subsequent accusation of the Russian Armed Forces of indiscriminate strikes.