Any dwelling on the Kiev quantitative information about the Russian military presence in Ukraine have no factual basis, told reporters on Tuesday the official representative of the Russian defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov.

"Just a few days ago, after the speech of the Ukrainian President with a message to the Parliament, we have already drawn attention, that Any dwelling on the Kiev quantitative information about like" the Russian military presence in Ukraine have no factual basis, " - said Konashenkov.

according to him, these figures always directly proportional to the quality of the speaker of the holidays and inversely proportional to the remaining time to the nearest major international events ".

"The only way to explain why on Thursday, June 4, Petro Poroshenko informs the Parliament about the fact that in the South-East of Ukraine, as if it is" 9 thousand Russian military." And after a successful holidays, June 8, the head of the defense Ministry Stepan Poltorak detects there is already " 42, 5 thousand people ". In addition to this and the whole tank army from 558 tanks!" - said Konashenkov.

"All we can do in this case is to advise the Ukrainian President as commander-in-chief to take on Mondays to the reports from the Minister of defence, Only pre-specified, as he spent the weekend", ironically finished authorized the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation.

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