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Separatists' bodies "repatriated to Russia". Donetsk leader calls for more Russian 'peacekeepers' to
fight Ukrainian forces after battle for city's airport.
They had been prepared for the bodies of Russians fighting with separatists for the city’s airport just days before. Leaders of the separatist movement on Thursday said many would be repatriated to their home country after their funerals.
It is further proof, if needed, that rebels fighting in the country’s east are crossing the border from Russia, despite statements from the Kremlin that it has nothing to do with the conflict and can do nothing to influence the rebels. Separately, Oleksandr Lukyanchenko, Donetsk’s mayor, said on Thursday that many of those killed at Donetsk airport were Chechen.
"We are prepared for more fighting and are ready to defend the city," he said as he visited the Kalininsky hospital’s mortuary on Thursday, adding: "We hope we will not have a reason to request more assistance from the Russian side" .
Denis Pushilin, the speaker for the DPR parliament also at the mortuary, was more forthright: “We sent an official letter to the Russian government. We hope for any assistance including Russian peacekeeping troops.”
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/05/ukraine-rebel-bodies-repatriated-russia-20145305258977906.html
It is further proof, if needed, that rebels fighting in the country’s east are crossing the border from Russia, despite statements from the Kremlin that it has nothing to do with the conflict and can do nothing to influence the rebels. Separately, Oleksandr Lukyanchenko, Donetsk’s mayor, said on Thursday that many of those killed at Donetsk airport were Chechen.
"We are prepared for more fighting and are ready to defend the city," he said as he visited the Kalininsky hospital’s mortuary on Thursday, adding: "We hope we will not have a reason to request more assistance from the Russian side" .
Denis Pushilin, the speaker for the DPR parliament also at the mortuary, was more forthright: “We sent an official letter to the Russian government. We hope for any assistance including Russian peacekeeping troops.”
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/05/ukraine-rebel-bodies-repatriated-russia-20145305258977906.html