The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation takes measures to resolve the situation with 2 of detainees in Ukraine by the Russians, said the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.
"the Ministry of foreign Affairs is taking measures, as appropriate, is conducted consular support," - said Peskov. However, he declined to respond to additional questions, noting that all the necessary explanations on this subject he has given several days ago, reports news Agency.
On Tuesday, head of the consular Department of the Embassy of Russia in Ukraine Alexey Gross was able to get to two Russians, captured close to the city Happiness of the Luhansk region and undergoing treatment in the main clinical hospital of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine. Before that Kiev has informed the Russian Ambassador's residence about the fact that the access of Russian diplomats to the arrested Russians will be provided. Prior to this, the Ministry of foreign Affairs issued a diplomatic note from the Embassy of Russia in Ukraine, which claims that Moscow had sent requests to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine about the meeting with the detained Russians. However, Advisor to the head of SBU Markiyan Lubkivsky said that the Russian employees of the foreign Ministry will be allowed to enter Ukraine to the Russians after all procedural matters. On may 22, a court in Kiev has arrested Alexander Alexander and Evgeny Erofeev. They are charged with terrorism. Remember, may 17, the media reported the detention in the settlement Happiness of the military, who called himself a Russian contract soldiers serving in the special forces. However, later the same day 1st Deputy commander of people's militia LNR Sergey Kozlov said that in reality the Kiev military won captured 2 soldiers of the people's militia of the Luhansk national Republic. The Russian defense Ministry has revealed that the detainees in Ukraine, the militia are former Russian military. In the Russian defense Ministry asked them to stop the torture and release of two former soldiers. Relatives of captured Russian citizens have also confirmed that they had resigned from the army.

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