Russia Denounces Ukrainian Provocation against Troops in Border
04 de febrero de 2016, 16:03Moscow, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) The Foreign Minister of Russia termed today inadmissible provocation the seizing of computers of troops who arrived to the Goptovka-Nejotéevka border chekpoint to carry out a joint mission with officers at the service of Kyiv.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zajarova confirmed that the ministry summoned Ukraine’s charge d’ affairs for the incident, occurred in the border between the two former Soviet republics.
Zajarova said that the Foreign Ministry made strong representations to the Ukrainian diplomat for that action against the Russian officials who were taking part in a task of the top-level Joint Center for the Control and Coordination on the Donbass Conflict.
In her customary weekly press conference, the source added that the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces authorized the arrival of the Russian military officials, who were returning to Russia for a 16-hour break, as part of a planned rotation.
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