Ukraine’s NSDC Secretary said that Vladimir Putin, while responding to a question during today's press conference about the arrested Russian GRU officers captain Yerofeyev and private Alexandrov detained in Donbas, Putin contradicted his own last year’s statement.
"I want to remind you that for two consecutive years, Putin has been saying the same thing: there are no Russian troops in the east of Ukraine. You may as well recall his last year’s “hotline,” when he said the following: "This is all nonsense. In eastern Ukraine, there are no Russian troops, no special services, no trainers. It's all the locals." Today, these ‘local residents’ are turning into the Russian military, under the pressure of indisputable arguments. So, without batting an eye, the Russian president's is lying, confident that no one will stop him in his lie," he said.
Read alsoPutin eventually admits Russians in Donbas "solving" military issuesAccording to Turchynov, it can be predicted that the time will come when Putin will be saying on the TV screens that he has never denied the presence of regular army corps of the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the territory of Ukraine.
Read alsoStoltenberg: Putin's statement underlines Russia's special responsibility"We were not surprised by the new trends of the Kremlin lies. Our task is to throw out of Ukraine the Russian invaders (regular, irregular, GRU, FSB and other scum), no matter how Putin brands them," said Turchynov.
