Pro-Russian authorities in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine warned Friday that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are sending militiamen from the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion to the village of Bakhmut, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invasion.
«The new unit, which includes part of the Azov Battalion regiment, is being transferred to Bakhmut, where it is very difficult to fight, and with this unit Ukraine is trying to remake its positions,» said Yan Gagin, an advisor to the Donetsk authorities.
In this regard, he noted that «conducting military operations in this direction shows that the Russians are much stronger». «Apparently, the Ukrainian regime has decided to transfer those militiamen with whom we did not end up in Mariupol,» he pointed out.
Thus, he explained that the detention centers in the region are ready to accept new prisoners of war. «In case of the Azov militiamen it is a cyclical thing for us. We are hospitable and will accept them,» he said, according to the TASS news agency.
The fighting in the Bakhmut area has been escalating. According to the governor of the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, the clashes are taking place on the outskirts of the city, where new troop deployments are being recorded.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
