A Ukrainian journalist recently freed by pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east says their forces are preparing to seize more territory, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
Rebels held journalist Roman Cheremskiy for almost five months in the “Luhansk People’s Republic” in eastern Ukraine before releasing him in a prisoner swap. Cheremskiy said the separatist commanders “made no secret” that they crossed into the country from Russia and were using Kremlin-supplied weapons to train for an “offensive”:
Cheremskiy describes the militants as well armed, and “clearly being trained for an offensive” to capture more Ukrainian territory. He says he saw a vast quantity …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
