The foreign Ministry asked in a persistent form on the EU to condemn the participation of European mercenaries in the battles in Ukraine
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia has demanded from the authorities of Sweden, Finland, Baltic States and France to hold a hearing on the subject of participation of their Citizens in punitive units of the Ukrainian security forces. " in Russia with deep concern familiarized with the publication of the Italian edition " Il Giornale " regarding the participation of mercenaries from a number of European countries, such as Sweden, Finland, the Baltic countries, France, in the fighting on the side of the Ukrainian guards from the so-called battalion " Azov ", the activity of which is financed and directed by oligarch-Governor Igor Kolomoiskiy ", - is Informed in the report on the Internet representative office of the Foreign Ministry." If the information contained in this publication the information is true, it is a new evidence of the involvement of foreign terrorists with weapons of domestic conflict not of an international character ", - have told in the Ministry. The foreign Ministry asked in a persistent form " from the official authorities of the mentioned countries to conduct a thorough trial of the facts and to condemn the involvement of mercenaries in hostilities in the East of Ukraine. Before the first day of the week the Kyiv authorities have stated that militias in Luhansk oblast have detained a citizen of Sweden. We emphasize, first media reported that the Swedish neo-Nazis entered the Ukrainian penal battalion " Azov ". The people's choice of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleg Lyashko acknowledged that the battalion " Azov " is half of the men with criminal records. Remember, since mid-April, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine " special operation " to suppress the protest movement in Donbass. Security forces are actively using heavy artillery and combat aircraft. Mentions numerous victims among the peaceful residents and the destruction of houses and infrastructure.