Ukrainian Security Service chief: From 6,000 to 9,000 Russian servicemen present in Ukraine

17:19, 10.10.2015 1 min read

Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) chief Vasyl Hrytsak has claimed that thousands of Russian military servicemen are currently present both on the Russian-Ukrainian border and in Ukrainian territory.

"From 6,000 to 9,000 Russian army soldiers and officers are permanently present in Ukrainian territory. I stress, on a permanent basis. And about 50,000 more on the border with Ukraine," Hrytsak said at a press conference at an SBU training center in the community of Pyatykhatky outside Kyiv on Saturday.