DONETSK. June 16 (Interfax) - Military spokesman for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Eduard Basurin has blamed Ukrainian forces for redeploying military hardware and personnel.
"Intelligence available to us indicates that the 72nd non-divisional mechanized brigade has been moved to territory near to the central hospital," he told reporters.
Basurin also said that, "a Grad launcher has arrived at Avdiyivka, three self-propelled artillery systems have been spotted in the town of Lastochkino, three others in Dzerzhinsk and another three in the territory adjacent to the coalmine Verkhnetoretskaya," Basurin said.
"The facts cited demonstrate disregard for the Minsk agreements," he said. The casualties include three servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic's armed forces and five civilians, he said.