Official dealer of the Department of state of the United States Marie Harf explained the UN data that the border with Russia crossed 110 thousand Ukrainian refugees. According to her statement, these people could come to "visit their own grandmothers".

Adept state Department of the United States Marie Harf explained the appearance in the Russian Federation 110 thousand of the Ukrainians and their desire to visit grandparents. Political figure to this day varies in the data of the UN report on the number of refugees in the Russian Federation.

"The statement of the high Commissioner of the UN talks about 110 thousand refugees arrived from the Ukraine to the Russian Federation. It tells about the number of people who crossed the border at some point. They had the opportunity to come to visit their own grandmothers, and to return back. In fact only 9600 people have sought asylum in Russia," said Harf July 1, at a briefing.

Previously the state Department claimed that they had not found evidence of the presence of any significant number of refugees from the Ukraine. The United States said that fluctuate UN data, as they are based on data from the Russian authorities that America is called "not very specific source". But adept state Department reported that the Agency "did not question the reputation of UNHCR", according to RIA Novosti.

Harf also said that Washington supports the decision of the President of Ukraine Peter Poroshenko to restore the police operation in the East of the country. The Minister for foreign Affairs of the United States John Kerry, according to the statement Harf, made clear in a telephone conversation with Poroshenko, that the USA and their supporters will continue to exert pressure on the Russian Federation to end the support of the separatists and supplying them with weapons." Kerry, on meniu adept of the state Department, among other things, welcomed the efforts Poroshenko for the implementation of the peace project, noting that it must comply with both sides of the incident. However, she accused the militia of non-compliance with the ceasefire.
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