Russian militants return to LNR

With the end of the New Year holidays, Russian militants have returned to the territory of the so-called LNR, having left to spend the break at home.

«У нас на праздники город был пуст от ополченцев. Разъехались по домам. Но недавно они начали возвращаться и сейчас, их столько же, сколько было до праздников. А дня 3 назад, из России приехало 4 Камаза с людьми (100-150 человек), которые чуть позже уехали на передовую в сторону Бахмутки. У ополчения усиленно проводятся учения на Исаковском водохранилище. И в последнее время, через город начала ходить бронетехника. Перевозиться живая сила, в основном со стороны Перевальска в сторону Луганска. Вот такие дела. Приехали наши "защитники» (During the holidays, our city was empty of militia members. They all went home. But recently they started returning, and now there are as many of them as there were before the holidays. Three days ago, four Kamaz trucks carrying people (100–150 individuals) arrived from Russia; they later left for the front lines towards Bakhmut. The militia is conducting intensified exercises at the Isakovo Reservoir. Also, armoured vehicles have recently started moving through the city, transporting personnel, mainly from the Perevalsk side towards Luhansk. That is the situation. Our "defenders" have arrived), - eyewitnesses write on social media.

It should be noted that no significant increase in militant activity has yet been observed in the occupied territories.