Militants continue internal struggle, Russian military not intervening

11:47, 26.12.2014 1 min read

Militants continue an armed struggle for power in eastern Ukraine, while the Russian military does not intervene, an officer of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksiy Mazepa, has said.

"Clashes between militants are currently continuing. Cases of the armed struggle for power between militants of the 'Great Don Army' and LPR terrorists are reported in the settlements of Antratsyt and Krasny Luch. Russian servicemen deployed in this area are currently not intervening in these clashes," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday.