The fate of the volunteer battalion of the OUN, If it is not integrated in the composition of the military power of Ukraine, will be depending on the police organisation, said Acting Head of the press service of the General staff of Ukraine Oleksiy Mazepa.
"Our position is this: all are equipped with weapons of creation in Ukraine must be legal and obey the APU. And what they decide is up to them. If the OUN and not integrated into the APU, its further fate depends only on police organization, "said Mazepa in interview to the edition" News ", reports news Agency.
Mazepa also told that at the present time decided the fate of one of the volunteer battalion." Right sector* " also makes its own rules - to be part of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine single structural unit. However, in the General staff until not prepared to say, will rule." Was the principal meeting held Dmitry Yarosh and the head of the General staff. Currently, the dialogues continue to talk About something too early, " drew the attention of the Acting Head of the press service of the General staff. Yesterday it was announced that the volunteer of the OUN did not want to move to the subordination of the military power of Ukraine." we currently do not obey anyone, " said the battalion commander Nicholas Kochanowski. The conflict between the official leadership of the armed forces and a battalion of the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian nationalists " ) began on April 10 when the division withdrew from the Sand near Donetsk. Kombat OUN Nicholas Kochanowski said Then that the battalion was sent away from the combat zone and took the gun away ", for this reason they refuse to move to the subordination of the Ukrainian army. However, he conceded that the OUN will be part of the Ukrainian army, If you will create a separate company with the preservation of the names of the battalion commanders And remain At their posts. But in the General staff said that information On the establishment of a separate unit of the OUN no. Presumably at the same time the head of the defense Ministry of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak said that the units involved in special operations in the South-East of Ukraine, transferred to the APU, no volunteer associations in Donbass there. April 3, Advisor to the President of Ukraine Yuri Biryukov said that some soldiers "Right sector" has concluded the contract On service in the Armed forces of Ukraine, But to talk about the fact that the entire composition of the Ukrainian volunteer corps will come under the leadership of the Ministry of defence, still early. Leader "Right sector" Dmitry Yarosh on March 31 said that the formal proposal to enter into the composition of the military power of Ukraine's volunteer battalions he had not received. At the same time he called the rules of entering the "Right sector" of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine. In this April 1, Ukrainian media reported that Yarosh wants to convert their units into a separate assault brigade military power of Ukraine." as long as it's all on the level of discussion, But the idea of preparing professional assault brigade, which will have to perform different specific functions, " said Yarosh.
* Organization, relative to which a court has adopted the legally effective conclusion Of destruction or prohibition of the activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"

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