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Muzhenko: Russia to create the third army corps in Donbass

03:10, 03.09.2016Politics

The Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko said that Russia was preparing to increase the number of troops in Donbas.

The general Muzhenko said it in an interview with the British edition The Times.

‘Russia is going to deliver more troops in Donbass. The Russian Defense Ministry is preparing to increase the number of troops in eastern Ukraine by a third as a part of their long-term plans to destroy the Ukrainian state,’ said Muzhenko.

‘We are not talking here about weak and uncontrolled militant groups. We are talking about the  military hierarchy with clear systems of command and control,’ emphasized the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

‘Russia plans to create the third army corps there, which will consist of professional Russian soldiers,’ he said.

According to: Новости Донецкой Республики