Emelianenko: Ukraine is at war with its own people

War in Ukraine is only between the Ukrainian authorities and their own people, four-time world champion in MMA in a heavy weight On the assumption PRIDE FC Fedor Emelianenko in an interview to television channel AXS TV.

" The Ukrainian government is at war against its own people. I know whereof I speak, because several members of my family had to urgently leave Ukraine ", - said the athlete.

Also Emelianenko believes That information about Russia's participation in hostilities does Not correspond to reality.

" No need to involve the Russian Federation in the conflict ", - noted he.

" Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have never seen Russian soldiers involved in the fighting in the South-East of Ukraine, do Not have the opportunity to make mistakes, " said Emelianenko.

What happens in Ukraine and Novorossiya

Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat citizens of Donbass. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid April to Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded. About the development of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine, See

What items were included in Minsk Protocol

The Protocol, signed in Minsk on the results of the tripartite meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine, implies the adoption by Ukraine of the law on the special status of Donetsk and Lugansk regions and the holding of early elections and includes twelve points. Read more in


sections: Politics