Contents tagged with illegal armed groups

  • Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine: 84 foreigners are investigated for participation in separatist groups

    Since 2014, in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, 84 foreigners have participated in illegally armed groups with 64 of them being citizens of the Russian Federation, as reported on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office.

    It was established that the foreigners were registered as part of Prizrak (Ghost) battalion of the separatist LPR.

    "These foreigners are mercenaries under the auspices of the organization, United Continentale, which professes, among other things, a pro-Russian policy. …