Defense Ministry denied the information on the death of “two thousand military” in Ukraine – RBC

Defense Ministry denied the information on the death of "two thousand military" in Ukraine – RBC

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In the Russian Defense Ministry denied the statement of the Ukrainian authorities on the death of “two thousand Russian troops” on the territory of Ukraine.

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov called corresponding statement by the representative of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Andrei Lysenko “nonsense” and recommended “careful to prepare their public statements and sometimes pochityvat Ukrainian media,” Interfax reported.

According Konashenkova the first time these data have appeared in the media after the announcement “calls herself a” human rights defender “” Elena Vasilieva “September 3, UNIAN.

«We have repeatedly drawn attention to the mechanism of” functioning “information carousel” in which feykovye posts by peretsitirovaniya first transformed into “facts from the earth,” and then picked up by the major Western media. Today, this “carousel” lacking only the last element. Namely, the publication of this nonsense in one of the leading Western media, “- said the representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense comments.

Statement on the death of” two thousand Russian troops “Speaker NSDC Lysenko made the afternoon of 11 September. He said that we are talking about the military, military service in 18 departments and units of the Russian army, who came to Ukraine from different regions of Russia. Lysenko claims that another 8,000 Russians were injured. The speaker of the NSDC has not led evidence of his words.

September 10 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko government meeting said that “70% of Russian troops withdrawn from the country.” The source of this information, the head of state called intelligence.

The Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation have repeatedly denied information that in Ukraine there are Russian troops.

At the same time, the Russian side recognizes that fought on the side of the militia volunteers from Russia. This was said on September 5, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko. In turn, Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed DNR Alexander Zakharchenko said that militia fighting on the side of 3-4 thousand. Russian volunteers who have taken a vacation in their military units.

Igor Gerasimov, Artem Filipenok

September 11, 2014

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