Shoigu: Nobody is degrading Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea
Russia's defense minister Sergei Shoigu refutes media reports that Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea are degraded.
Ukrainian soldiers were reported to be publicly searched when leaving the Crimean pennisula. Their personal belongings are being checked and their transport is being searched.
The Ukrainian soldiers wishing to continue serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces could leave Crimea without any problem, Sergei Shoigu announced earlier today. Nobody was mocking at them. The Ukraine mass media’s reports were ‘false and provocative’, Shoigu said.
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