He said it's 'unclear what's going on, all crosses and wreaths were collected'. The man adds: 'Where the work is going on were graves.' The video then pans to a pile of crosses which appear to have the date 2023 written on plaques alongside colourful wreaths.

The footage was filmed at the cemetery in the village of Nikolayevka, located in Russia's southwestern Samara region. People were dying for Russia and you levelled all their graves,' the man wearing a PMC Wagner Group T-shirt claimed. Regional authorities in Ukraine announced a mandatory evacuation of civilians from near the Kupiansk front earlier this month due to daily Russian shelling.Ī Wagner supporter claims graves of mercenary soldiers have been 'destroyed' at a cemetery in Russia.Ī video circulating on Russian Telegram channels and verified by Sky News shows a supporter of the group stood at a graveyard known to be where Wagner troops had been buried and was heard saying 'everything has been demolished'. 'Under such conditions, we must promptly take all measures to strengthen our defences on the threatened lines and advance where possible,' he said. Mr Syrskyi, who is the commander of the Ukrainian military's ground forces, said the main goal of these measures was to 'increase the level of combat potential and resume active offensive operations'.Īlthough he did not provide further details on the regrouping, he said the forces continued heavy artillery, mortar shelling and air assaults. 'After a month of fierce fighting and significant losses in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, the enemy is regrouping its forces and means, simultaneously throwing newly formed brigades and divisions from the territory of the Russian Federation,' Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote on Telegram. Moscow's forces are regrouping in occupied parts of eastern Ukraine ahead of a new offensive, a top Ukrainian commander has said.

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