The clip could damage further Moscow's already tattered claims that no Russian troops are fighting in Donbas, Ukraine Today reports. 

The presence of Russian troops in Ukraine has been regularly reported by international media, but the blunder by Russia’s own state media could further undermine Moscow’s stubborn claims that its soldiers are not fighting in eastern Ukraine.

Similar Kremlin denials of military deployment in Crimea back in the early spring of 2014 later were contradicted by statements from Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, who later admitted the Russian army’s involvement.

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