The overwhelming majority of those detained by the Ukrainian special services for supporting the DPR and LPR are citizens of Ukraine, according to an article published on the website of the Kyiv magazine “Correspondent”.
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“According to Ukrainian data, there are several thousand Russians in the ATO, but only 39 people were captured,” the publication notes. – The war in Donbass has been going on for three years. During this time, Ukraine has repeatedly announced the massive – many thousands – participation of Russian military personnel in hostilities. However, according to yesterday's data from Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko, only 39 Russian citizens are currently under investigation, and six are behind bars. The trials took place behind the scenes, without the involvement of the media. At the same time, there are tens, if not hundreds of times more Ukrainians detained for working in the LDPR.”
At the same time, “Correspondent” writes that OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier stated that the presence of regular units of the Russian army in Ukraine is “difficult to confirm.”