Volunteer Rebel Sheds Light On Russian Military Involvement In Eastern Ukraine

Wednesday, July 22 , 2015 - 16:58 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Russian troops regularly enter separatist-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine and serve there on a rotational basis, according to a volunteer who has been fighting with the insurgents since October. Rustam, a Russian citizen from Tatarstan’s Saba district who gave only his first name, made the claims in a telephone interview with RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service on July 20. …read more

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