WSJ: on the Ukrainian side, fighting a lot of people with questionable past
In the volunteer battalions fighting against the militia in Ukraine, many people with a questionable past, writes journalist who was interviewed in the vicinity of Mariupol with Ruslan Abulkasim, occupying one of the leadership positions in the battalion Shakhtersk ".
According to journalist publications, Balmas living in, Torez, Donetsk oblast, 7 years spent in prison on charges of extortion, and now holds the position of police officer, although Some time ago, this situation would have seemed ridiculous. Balmas calls the situation " paradoxical ".
according to information from the WSJ, in the early 90's Balmas was associated with extortion, and later was involved in shady business on the black market the coal industry. According to him, before he could become a militia in the East, but changed his mind, deciding to protect their business, which, as if it had been legalized.
The battalions of volunteers, one of which he heads, the wall Street Journal calls " the Ukrainian society in the context of "." so anyway, they are radical nationalists and citizens like Abalmasau who are not inclined to exercise restraint, " according to the material.
Speaking to the WSJ journalist, Balmas showed him the document, which shows the silver-haired man supposedly 60 years, it is taken in the 1st of the covered military operations in cities. According to the Pro-Ukrainian volunteer, the man was forcibly deprived of his life, though he was unarmed, because the weapon as if it was in his car.
" in that moment, when Kiev is increasing its military offensive against separatists, these volunteers play a key role. They infect weakened Ukrainian artillery territory occupied by the rebels side, and spend Stripping from quarter to quarter. During such operations, They are in contact so it is with civilians, " writes The wall Street Journal.
the journal emphasizes that retaliation directed against people, about sharing the views of the militia, may jeopardize attempts to Woo in the East, where the majority, According to the WSJ, " suspicious of the rebels, but at the same time concerned about the military campaign of Kiev ".
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