Andrey Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the LPR, announced this.

“Constant losses, an insufficient amount of ammunition, materiel, weapons and equipment to fulfill the combat order to take control of Svatov forced the commanders of the assault units to write reports to the higher leadership,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Marochko clarified that in the reports, the military asks to explain and justify the calculation of forces and means when planning the operation, as well as the expediency of further offensive actions.

Earlier, Marochko announced the repulse of an attempt by Ukrainian troops to attack in the direction of Svatov.

The representative office of the LPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) stated that a civilian died in Svatov as a result of a strike by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.