Donetsk, Aug 8 — DAN. Evidence of the preparation of the offensive of the armed formations of Ukraine in the Donetsk region has been discovered in Peski, the DPR Head Denis Pushilin said.

“Evidence was found in Peski that the Ukrainian side was planning an offensive in particular in the Donetsk region, ” Pushilin said on the air of the 60 Minutes program on the Rossiya-1 TV channel.

It was reported earlier that Pushilin had visited the abandoned positions of Ukrainian troops in Peski.

The village of Peski adjoins Donetsk from the north-west.

Ukrainian armed formations used it to launch attacks on Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka and Lozovoe for 8 years. The successes of the Coalition forces in Peski were reported on August 5. *ot