Slavyansk does not confirm the death of 20 people, but there are missing people
Moscow - Kyiv, May 06 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - At the headquarters of the self-defense forces, Slavyanskaya called media reports about the death of 20 militias untrue. The headquarters confirmed the death of five people as a result of yesterday's punitive operation in Kyiv, RT reports.
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Three of the dead were militias, two were civilians, the TV channel reports. At the same time, the fate of ten missing people is unknown. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine also reported casualties and wounded.
People died as a result of the battle that Ukrainian soldiers began on the morning of May 5 on the Slavyansk-Donetsk highway near the village of Semenovka. Four armored personnel carriers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces opened fire on the checkpoints.
Slavyansk does not confirm the death of 20 people, but there are missing persons.