Russia has denied its involvement in the war in the east-Ukrainian region of the Donbas it had brewed up back in 2014 and keeps fueling today. Kyiv states that Russian regular military detachments took part in the fighting on Ukrainian soil, aside from the paramilitary formations Russia created locally in Luhansk and Donetsk.
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A handout photo provided on August 28, 2014 by the Unian Agency shows Russian paratroopers captured by Ukrainian forces near the village of Dzerkalne, Donetsk region, some 20 to 30 kilometres from the Russian border, attending a press conference in Kyiv.
