In the last few hours, the counter-terrorism forces of Ukraine have neutralized a range of illegal armed formations, Information Resistance group coordinator Dmytro Tymchuk has reported.

Near Donetsk airport, mortars and flamethrowers of the terrorists, and a minibus with ten manual antitank grenade launchers inside were seized, he said, adding that Ukrainian security officers identified one Caucasian among the arrested militants.

"According to our data, among the people killed over the last three days in the area of the counter-terror operation, in addition to citizens of Ukraine, there have been Serbs, Russian citizens from Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan, and citizens of Abkhazia as well," Tymchuk said.