Russia Defense Ministry Warns Against Kiev Regime Provocation in Slavyansk

General Mikhail Mizintsev, director of the Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response of the Russian Defense Ministry, warned in his July 11 update against yet another provocation being cooked up by the Kiev regime. “It has been reliably established that Ukrainian nationalists are preparing yet another cynical provocation with civilian deaths in Slavyansk in Donetsk People’s Republic to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of carrying out indiscriminate strikes against civilian targets,” he said. “For this purpose, residents of nearby residential quarters are being held in the building of the Vocational Agrarian Lyceum (Nauka Street) under the pretext of allegedly ensuring security. At the same time, the building is mined and the militants plan to blow it up when Russian troops launch artillery strikes on military targets in the city.” He also gave more examples of Ukrainian forces using educational institutions and social facilities for military purposes.