Yarema: Sloviansk, Kramatorsk terrorized by saboteurs from Russia's 45th Airborne Troops Regiment
Ukrinform
KYIV, April 16 /Ukrinform/. Masked saboteurs of the Russian 45th Airborne Troops Regiment are operating in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema told reporters on Tuesday.
"We have identified those persons who are now in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. They represent a unit of the 45th Guards Airborne Troops Regiment "Kupyanka -1", which is housed near Moscow. This unit is now operating in the territory of Ukraine," he told reporters in Poltava region.
A reminder that Russia denies the presence of its troops in the east of Ukraine, as it had previously denied their involvement in the occupation of Crimea .
The 45th Separate Guards Order of Kutuzov Order of Alexander Nevsky Special Purpose Regiment is a military unit of the Airborne Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. From September 1999 to March 2006 a consolidated reconnaissance detachment of the regiment participated in the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus. In April 2010, a battalion task force of the regiment performed combat missions in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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