Ukrainian border guards busted at a checkpoint in the Donetsk region Ukrainian citizen suspected of belonging to illegal armed groups, he was a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), informs on Wednesday, the state border service (SBS) of Ukraine.

As reports a press-service of the border service, the control point of entry/exit " Bugas ", located in Donetsk region, the border guards discovered and detained the citizen of Ukraine, which " relates to the activities of illegal armed groups ".

"The man went on for a time uncontrollable territory. On review of the documents slowly he provided documents confirming his membership in terrorist organizations. For example, he presented a certificate issued by the so-called "state security Ministry" of illegal armed groups, which indicates that it belongs to the battalion " East ". Besides, As it turned out, the person is a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)", - is informed in the report.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass discussed during the meeting in Minsk of the contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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