1:1730/01/2015
Regular Russian troops are fighting in an illegal armed group from the second tier - the representative of Ministry of Defence
Regular Russian troops are mainly in the Donbas in the second tier, and in the course of direct confrontation with Ukrainian forces ATO conduct the overall management of illegal armed groups, said Deputy Head of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Defense Sergey Galushko.
Commenting on the statement by the Chief of the General Staff Victor Muzhenka, that Ukrainian troops allegedly failed to conduct combat operations with regular units of the Russian Armed Forces, S.Galushko explained that the media spread the word on this subject only from the open portion of the meeting with foreign military attaches.
"Journalists were only on the first part of our meeting in the House of officers, where it was said that in direct clashes with our units are involved only illegal armed formations (IAF). Yes, there is a military unit of the Russian Federation Armed Forces - they direct the activities, adjusted artillery fire, communicate and provide intelligence support. This is not a regular part of and advisors, instructors, or "player-coaches." Later, in the closed portion of the meeting, Chief of General Staff said, and made a presentation of the chief of military intelligence, which in the second tier - (fight - IF) units of regular troops of the Russian Federation, as well as the division of fire support, "- said in the program S.Galushko "The right to rule" to "1 + 1".
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