Ukraine in Arabic | Russians were taken prisoner near the front line town of Shchastya in the Luhansk region
Kiev/ Ukraine in Arabic/ Russian officers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine are being transported to the capital, Kyiv, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Monday.
The Russians were wounded and taken prisoner near the front line town of Shchastia in the Luhansk region on Sunday, Ukrainian officials reported.
Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine have been fighting government troops for a year, and Russia has vehemently denied it is supplying them either with weaponry or troops. When several Russian soldiers were captured on Ukrainian territory last summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin said they had simply got lost.
Vladislav Seleznev, spokesman for the Ukrainian General Staff, told The Associated Press on Monday that the two men are now being questioned by the Ukrainian Security Service and are on their way to Kiev where they will face the media. A video posted by a member of parliament on Sunday showed one man who said he was a Russian Army sergeant.