Pushilin denied the lack of volunteer battalions in Donbass
Plenipotentiary representative of the Donetsk national Republic in the Contact group Denis Pushilin has denied statements by the Ukrainian authorities, according to which on the line of contact in Donbas remained of the volunteer battalions. "No wonder this is another lie from Kiev. In fact, we observed a large presence of specifically punitive battalions (on the frontline) ", - informs news Agency referring to the message Pushilin on air of TV channel " Russia 24 ".
"The Kiev authorities periodically refer that they (battalions) not literally obey, for this reason, these battalions are attacks. Such statements we hear is not the 1st time, for this reason, very strange and raises concerns that they sound from the high bureaucrats of the group, drew attention Pushilin. First Tuesday at the press center of military operations in the Donbass told that in the area of holding no of volunteer battalions. Tasks like " do units military power of Ukraine, military units and police organizations, other entities in the fight against crime ". Along with this, the first day of the week in the Ministry of defense of the Donetsk national Republic declared that the Ukrainian Military for the last day 70 times violated the ceasefire regime. The intensity of the shelling from the Ukrainian security forces in the last period of time have increased dramatically. On Sunday the city of Donetsk said on direct shell hits Ukrainian security forces in an apartment building. In the end, lost his life two civilians, damaged or not was completely destroyed more than 350 homes.