Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Colonel-General Viktor Muzhenko has denied recent statement made by Russian president Putin on absence of regular Russian troops in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukrainian media crisis center reports.
"We have a list of all the Russian military units, which are now in Ukraine, their deployment sites, the number of personnel and weapons available to them," the chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
According to Muzhenko, in January there was still no documentary evidence of direct confrontation with Russian military units, as they were mostly located in the rear of the militants. However, already in February, the regular units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took part in the battles near Debaltseve, Chornukhyne and Lohvynove.
"Now I can say that in those battles Ukrainian army inflicted heavy losses on the Russian army, and disrupted Russia's aggressive plans for further advance. We know that now regular units of the Russian army are still in Ukraine. For example, such include 15th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade of the 2nd Central Military District Army, 8th Motor Rifle Brigade, 331st Airborne Regiment from Kostroma, 98th Airborne Division and other," the Ukrainian Colonel-General said.
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