Ukraine is restricting the entry of Russian men aged 16 to 60 on the fear that Russia could form “units of private armies”, said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko late on Thursday.The measure is to “prevent Russians from implementing in Ukraine the operations that they planned in 2014”, Poroshenko said on Twitter, referring to the outbreak of a pro-Russian separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine four years ago.Poroshenko said that such militia units are “in reality representatives of the armed forces of the Russian Federation”.More than 10,000 people, including 2,700 civilians, have been killed in the conflict between Russia-loyal separatist groups and …read more
Source: Gulf times
