Russian television for the first time acknowledged the death of Russian paratroopers in Ukraine
Moscow - Kyiv, September 5 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - Russian television yesterday for the first time acknowledged the fact of the death of Russian military personnel in Ukraine. Several TV channels showed a story about paratrooper Anatoly Travkin from Kostroma.
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It was reported that he died in Donbass. True, it was separately noted that Travkin took a vacation before leaving for Ukraine. And he did not tell either his wife or the command of the unit in which he served about his decision.
Earlier, the Pskov Province newspaper wrote about the death of paratroopers from the Pskov Airborne Division in battles in eastern Ukraine.
In addition, Kyiv claimed that Kostroma paratroopers who fought for the separatists were detained in eastern Ukraine. Later, the detainees were handed over to the Russian side, reports Ekho Moskvy.
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