Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov has decided to dismiss eight former employees of the detachment of special purpose " Berkut ", which after its disbandment he served in Ukraine, for refusing to go into a zone of military operations.

" Still, war is hard litmus paper. Who is fighting Who is hiding. Adopted the opinion on the dismissal of eight ex-berkutova of the Chernihiv region ", - he wrote.

According to Avakov, they didn't want to go to the area to conduct military operations in the South-East.

Ukrainian law-enforcers from the middle of April started in the South-East of the country a military operation. It aims to quell the protests of the residents of these areas, which became a reaction to the coup d'etat on February 22.

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