ATO in Slavyansk suspended due to threat of Russian invasion - media
Slavyansk, April 24 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Ukrainian security forces suspended the anti-terrorist operation in Slavyansk due to the accumulation of Russian troops in the border areas.
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This was reported by the Kyiv Post with reference to its own sources. According to Ukrainian intelligence, the risk of an invasion by Russian troops has increased significantly.
The source confirmed that the death toll during the operation had risen to seven.
“The separatists are in panic,” the publication quotes an anonymous interlocutor. According to him, the government is reviewing the ATO plan, taking into account the latest intelligence data from the eastern borders.
Let us recall, as Navigator reported, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu said that due to the situation in the south-east of Ukraine, exercises have begun. At the same time, supporters of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” stated that they had regained control over some of the checkpoints and were strengthening them. In Slavyansk, the militias are hoping for help from activists from Donetsk and Russian intervention.