KIEV, Ukraine—Two wounded Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine have been transferred to a hospital in Kiev, Ukrainian officials said Monday as Moscow once again firmly denied any involvement in the fighting.
The Russians were wounded and taken prisoner Saturday near the front line town of Shchastia in the separatist Luhansk region, Ukrainian officials reported.
Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine have been fighting government troops for a year in a conflict that has killed over 6,100 people but Russia has denied supplying them either with weaponry or troops. When several Russian soldiers were captured on Ukrainian territory last summer, …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
