LUGANSK, February 15. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military is erecting new fortifications and building multilayered defensive lines in the Krasny Liman area, involving machinery of Kharkov municipalities in the engineering work, Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) people’s militia retired Lieutenant-Colonel Andrey Marochko told TASS on Wednesday.

"In the Krasny Liman area, the enemy is erecting new fortifications and building multilayered defensive lines. Not only servicemen and military equipment but also civilian municipal enterprises from the city of Kharkov are being involved in the engineering work," he said.

The Ukrainian military is also using agricultural machinery of private farms in the engineering work, he added.

Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on February 14 that artillery, combat aircraft and heavy flamethrower systems of Russia’s battlegroup Center had eliminated as many as 100 Ukrainian personnel and a multiple launch rocket system in the Krasny Liman area in the past 24 hours.