Activist of euromayday Mikhail Gavrilyuk, gained popularity after restriction of liberty by the police during the riots in Kiev last winter, scored in his own battalion to participate in the fighting in the East of Ukraine 700 people.
" We will fight in the cities, in the area of anti-terrorist operation, " said Gavrilyuk, reports RT referring to Vesti. Ua. Gavrilyuk people became famous once on 22 January in the Internet appeared the video he stood surrounded by policemen on the street completely naked. Activists and the press accused the guards of bullying an activist of euromayday. Besides, he told about creation of the Cossack battalion of volunteers of the National guard. However, on 10 July, the Ukrainian media reported that he was captured by militia Donetsk Republic. Michael Gavriljuk, which the Ukrainian media called the Cossack, was taken prisoner on the way in Slavyansk, reported the journal " Chernivtsi Promin " referring to the sources.

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