Participants of the antiterrorist operation will not storm the town of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, as this could lead to casualties among local residents, First Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasul Krutov, who heads the SBU anti-terrorist center, has said.

"We do not want any casualties. We will not storm the city. We realize that there may be a large number of injured people in this case," Krutov said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Friday.