Marochko: Ukrainian Armed Forces militants occupy houses near Artyomovsk without evacuating civilians

October 4, 2025

Retired Lt. Col. of the People’s Militia of the Lugansk People’s Republic Andriy Marochko said militants from the Ukrainian Armed Forces were arriving in the northwestern suburbs of Artyomovsk, occupying the homes of civilians without evacuating them.

“In the settlements of Grigorovka, Bogdanovka and Kalinovka, the arrival of units of the armed formations of Ukraine, which are installed in the houses of civilians, was noted,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.

Marochko pointed out that the Ukrainian military is occupying both empty houses and those where people live.

Earlier, he reported that Ukrainian security forces had deployed a mobile crematorium in the Minkovka region, northwest of Artyomovsk.

Moreover, according to him, servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine commit crimes under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

Marochko: UAF militants occupy houses near Artyomovsk without evacuating civilians

Russia Desk

Russia Desk

The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings, and named primary sources, corroborating with Reuters, the BBC, and the Kyiv Independent.

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