The Russian Ambassador in Kyiv Mikhail Zurabov, representing at the meeting of the contact group in Minsk Moscow, said that the hired soldiers are present in the armies of both sides of the conflict in Ukraine.

" hired soldiers, admittedly, there are both single And on the reverse side. And these facts our colleagues many times cited. Those whom we call the mercenaries are, " said Zurabov.

" I wish to say that oversight in this matter from the OSCE will be crucial, " he added.


Kyiv authorities from April conducted in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the UN on September eleven, the victims of the conflict was almost 3, 2 thousands of civilians, more than 8 thousand were injured body. After the meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the fall of the Ukraine, Kiev authorities And militias Donbass came to an agreement on the ceasefire, which came into force on 5 September.

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