Within Ukraine there are 8 760 thousand Russian soldiers, the militia Donetsk and Lugansk national republics is 33 thousand soldiers, said Deputy chief special operations Sergey Galushko.
"within Ukraine on the territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, we capture the presence of the group of Russian forces numbering 8 760 thousand people, four tactical missile complex" Tochka-U ", 190 tanks, 520 armoured fighting vehicles, systems "Pinocchio" - eight units, 149 artillery systems, 89 jet systems of volley fire, " writes UNIAN.



Separately, He cited the data on the militia Donetsk and Lugansk national republics." They also comprise about 33 thousand People, more than 850 armored vehicles, tanks, 550 units of cannon artillery, 282 units of rocket artillery, 28 armoured funds protivozdushnoy defense - 49, not counting the reactive complexes, " said Galushko. He also said that the militia continues rotation of personnel with the change in the units of the DPR and LPR terrorist for mercenaries from Russia ". Remember also, on January 21, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that in Ukraine there are about 8 thousand Russian soldiers. However, later in the same day Poroshenko said already about 9 thousand Russian soldiers, like those present in his country. Moscow has stated many times that it is not involved in the events in southeastern Ukraine, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. In the capital of Russia emphasize that all the charges against her are unproven.

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