Ukrainian armored vehicles surrounded Slavyansk, the city is preparing for an assault
Kyiv, April 24 (Navigator, Evgeniy Andreev) – Around Slavyansk, the Ukrainian army is pulling together 5-6 armored personnel carriers at several entrances to the city.
Subscribe to Navigator Kyiv news on Facebook or VKontakte
Ukrainian mobile communications in the city are disabled.
Under the cover of helicopters, armored personnel carriers attempt to storm checkpoints.
According to one of the leaders of the Donbass self-defense forces, Miroslav Rudenko, at about 12.00 a battle began on one of the outskirts of Slavyansk, information about one dead and one injured was being checked.
Other checkpoints are shelled, and at one of them, in the area of the Feed Mill, rebels are burning tires.
According to the Rossiya 24 TV channel, the entrances to the city are mined.
Ukrainian armored vehicles have surrounded Slavyansk, and the city is preparing for an assault.