Ukrainian troops then went on the offensive in the directions of Balakliia, Volokhiv Yar [uk], Shevchenkove, Kupiansk and the districts Savyntsi and Kunye, situated east of Balakliia. According to Russian sources on this line of contact Ukrainians were opposed in some areas of the line by lightly armed forces of the DPR Militia,[1] while Ukrainian sources said that the forces in this region were professional Russian soldiers, not conscripts from the Donbas.[2]