REUTERS
Russian-backed militants in the Shakhtarsk area of Ukraine’s Donetsk region have started preparing an air-defense network, head of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk said on Facebook on Monday.
"It is reported that Strela-10M air defense complexes (six pieces of equipment) have been deployed in the area,” Tymchuk wrote.
“The division is staffed by Russian air defense experts."
In addition, according to Information Resistance, the militants are concentrating manpower and equipment in the area of Pervomaisk and close to Novotashkovka. The transfer of forces and equipment is being carried out in secret, military equipment is sent in small batches, and the militants are also moving in small groups.
"In the area of Bakhmutskaya highway a company-strong tactical group of Russian Airborne Troops staffed with contract servicemen disguised as a so-called ‘militia’ has been observed,” Tymchuk said.