shot at houses with civilians and kept them in the basements

"For three or four days we sat without water at all"

Residents of Popasna told Izvestia correspondent Alexei Poltoranin how the nationalists shot at houses with civilians and kept them in the basements, not letting them out of the city.

Ukrainian fighters placed firing positions right in the yards, using residential buildings as a shield.

Civilians were killed.
Polish mercenaries were identified within Ukrainian troops.