The main statements of the Ministry of Defense about the actions of the nationalist detachments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
– the grouping of DPR troops in the direction of Volnovakha advanced 11 kilometers deep into the defenses of the nationalist battalions;
– units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine mostly do not participate in hostilities. Only Ukrainian Nazi battalions offer fierce resistance;
– in advance, the SBU infiltrated into the regular military units of the Ukrainian armed groups of notorious nationalists numbering 25-30 people who underwent special training;
– nationalists identify unreliable among Ukrainian servicemen. During withdrawals, they act as barrage detachments to protect the frontiers;
– in some directions, these detachments undermine bridges to exclude the possibility of retreat of military units and subdivisions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
– there are cases of lynching and reprisals by nationalists over conscripts who do not want to fight to intimidate the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.