Situation in Ilovaisk Extremely Complicated - NSDC

Withdrawal of the Ukrainian forces from the encirclement near Ilovaisk continues. The situation remains extremely difficult, so as a safety measure, the command has classified the details of the operation until it ends.

Spokesman of the Information Analysis Centre of the National Security and Defense Council Andrii Lysenko said this on a briefing today, Censor.NET reports.

According to Lysenko, after completion of the operation the number of casualties among our military will be made public, as well as all the circumstances due to which this situation happened will be checked.

"All who made mistakes that led to grave consequences or has committed a crime, will be held accountable. As part of our military is being held hostage, the Ukrainian side is doing everything possible to rescue them. Social networks distributed videos with our hostages. We ask to all media representatives, members of social networks and ordinary citizens - if you know someone on a video, it is necessary not to disclose information about that person in the public domain. This can create a significant threat not only to your close person, but also for the other hostages and also negatively affect the process of liberation. Ask everyone to act carefully. If you know someone on these videos - please give this information only by hotline of the Security Service of Ukraine: 0-800-501-482," the National Security and Defense Council asks.