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Illegal armed formations have robbed a branch of PrivatBank in Donetsk and stolen Hr 15 million meant to pay pensions and salaries, spokesman of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said.

“On July 2 at 3.30 p.m., 40 armed terrorists robbed the building of PrivatBank branch in Voroshylovsky district in Donetsk. Breaking the door of the safe vault, the militants stole over Hr 15 million,” he said at a briefing on July 3.

According to Lysenko, this money had been transferred by the Ukrainian government to pay pensions and salaries to social sector employees.