REUTERS

"The plan is to carry out armed provocations against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to accuse the Ukrainian side of violating the Minsk agreements and the international humanitarian law. The provocations will be led by Commander of the 2nd Army Corps Armed Forces, Major-General Yevgeny Nikiforov," the report says.

According to the collected intelligence, in order to divert the attention of the OSCE monitors, the occupation forces are planning to conduct simulation of military drills of the 2nd separate motorized rifle brigade (Luhansk) with the participation of the commander and mediators from among the commanders of units and formations near the villages of Shymshynivka and Uspenka.