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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces had captured a group of Russian paratroopers who had crossed into Ukrainian territory on a "special mission" - but Moscow said they had ended up there by mistake.
The Ukrainian military meanwhile reported pro-Russian separatist forces were shelling the town of Novoazovsk and Russian military hardware was building up over the border.
Earlier, the security services released video footage purporting to show testimonies from Russian paratroopers detained by Ukrainian government forces while fighting alongside pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine.
The videos, the strongest evidence yet to back up Kiev's claims of Russian involvement in the conflict, and the intensified fighting in the east overshadowed a meeting between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russia's Vladimir Putin in the Belarussian capital Minsk.
Russia denies giving military help to the separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
A Russian defense ministry source, quoted by RIA Novosti, said the servicemen had strayed into Ukrainian territory by mistake during border patrol.
Ukraine rejected this. "It wasn't a mistake, but a special mission they were carrying out," military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a briefing. "(Russia’s) reaction was simple – the paratroopers got lost like Little Red Riding Hood in the forest," he said later.
In footage posted on Kiev's Anti-Terrorist Operation Facebook page, one of the detained soldiers, who identified himself as Ivan Milchakov, listed his personal details, including the name of the paratroop regiment he said is based in the Russian town of Kostroma.
"I did not see where we crossed the border. They just told us we were going on a 70-kilometre (45 mile) march over three days," he said.
"Everything is different here, not like they show it on television. We've come as cannon fodder," he said in the video.
Another man in the footage, who gave his name as Sergeant Aleksei Generalov, said: "Stop sending in our boys. Why? This is not our war. And if we weren't here, none of this would have happened. They would have sorted things out with the government themselves."
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Zcustosmorum
Link to the nondisclosure agreement please.
Also Soviet Law does not apply inside Ukraine. The Russian rebels using it are doing nothing but showing what Ukrainians have to look forward to should they be reoccupied by Russia.
Also Soviet Law does not apply inside Ukraine. The Russian rebels using it are doing nothing but showing what Ukrainians have to look forward to should they be reoccupied by Russia.
IO find it sad that you will excuse the killing of a person for trying to survive yet don't support pro Russian rebels being executed for looting from civilians like they have been.
Your excuses are sickening.
I do know you are ill mannered, insulting and attack anyone you believe disagrees with you.
twitter.com...
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Zcustosmorum
All from the same source / linked back to the same source.
anything that is not propaganda from globalresearch.ca?
Ah yes twitter user i am quite sure his from Ukraine. And quite possibly Pro EU to.
originally posted by: Bassago
a reply to: Xcathdra
Its hard to tell with the smell from the MH17 shootdown by pro Russian / Russians.
You know there is zero proof that pro-Russian separatists or Russians shot the plan down right? If there is definitive proof I'd love to see it (really.) Maybe those ATC recordings..?? Nope confiscated by Kiev Secret Service. How about that black box data..?? Nope locked down under "non-disclosure" agreements. Guess they simply don't want the info getting out to the public. Might show who really shot that plane down.
Those looters who were shot got what was required in a war zone IMO. Regardless of the year the law was made.
Just saying.
originally posted by: tsurfer2000h
a reply to: Agent_USA_Supporter
Ah yes twitter user i am quite sure his from Ukraine. And quite possibly Pro EU to.
But wait, it seems it is good enough for those who support the pro Russian side, but when it goes against the pro Russian side it's crap.
I love the hypocrisy we are seeing here.
originally posted by: lightedhype
Whatever the case - I do not know why you are making such a damn big deal about it. Everybody else has moved on from the Ukraine. Every major country has their playgrounds - get over it.