The situation in the Ilovaisk area remains very difficult and details will be disclosed after the operation, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) spokesman Andriy Lysenko has said.
“The operation to remove a Ukrainian military unit from the encircled area continues. The details of this operation will not be disclosed until it is over,” he told a briefing in Kyiv on Sept. 1.
The number of Ukrainian troops lost in this operation will be announced, and the circumstances of the operation will be investigated after the operation is completed, he said.
“Everyone who made mistakes that led to grave consequences or committed crimes will be brought to account,” Lysenko said.
In the meantime, Serhiy Sobolev, leader of the Batkivschyna faction in parliament, said Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletei has been invited to a plenary session of the parliament on Sept. 2 to report on the events at Ilovaisk.
“At the insistence of the Batkivschyna faction, we are inviting the defense minister to make an official report on the situation near Ilovaisk,” Sobolev said at a briefing in Kyiv on Sept. 1.
