The head of the defense Ministry of Ukraine Valeriy geletey said that the volunteer Battalion " Aydar " in the future can officially become part of the military power of Ukraine, said the press service of the Ministry of defence.

" Aydar " - one of the many " nominal " battalions used in hostilities in the South-East of the country. The battalion " Aydar " was created in may of this year, it included volunteers from Lugansk, Volyn, Kharkiv, Ivano-Franskovskoy regions, the Crimea, Donetsk and Kyiv, activists of self-defense of the Maidan. Radical organization " Right branch " is also equipped with its own militants. The battalion operates in Lugansk region.

" Right branch " is associated with the nationalist party " Freedom ", which after the coup d'etat in Ukraine is included in the ruling coalition. Moscow many times urged Kiev to disarm illegal with weapons of formation, as well as among them terrorists " Right sector ". Against the head of the " Right sector " Dmitry Yarosha prosecuted under the criminal code for incitement of terrorist activities.

" For this unit will be granted additional armament, and military equipment, as well as military instructors. The personnel will be recertified, which will be chosen warriors, meeting the requirements to the soldiers. This will give the opportunity at the base of the volunteer battalion " Aydar " to do in the future regular division of the armed forces of Ukraine, which will be involved in the conduct of special operations in the activity of ATU ", - quotes Galatea press-service of the Ministry reported.

As informs the press service of the Ministry of defence, geletey during the meeting with the personnel of the battalion decided to engage more intensively Battalion in the East of Ukraine.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, How is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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