General staff: the state Duma did not discuss the status of the militias fighting in Ukraine
The chief of the Russian General staff Valery Gerasimov has denied these about the fact that Yesterday at the meeting of Department of the state Duma defense Committee discussed the issue of the status of volunteers fighting on the square of Ukraine, and criticized the media for " tension ".
Yesterday, the newspaper " Vedomosti " wrote, referring to the Deputy Chairman of the faction " United Russia ", member of the Department of the state Duma defense Committee Franz Klintsevich that in closed session, with the participation Gerasimov and chief military Prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky discussed the status of volunteers in the South-East of Ukraine and the possibility of compensation to their families.
" On the eve of the meeting of the Department of defense of the state Duma discussed the state of our air force, and not a word was said about the events in the Ukraine", Gerasimov said on Wednesday at a meeting with the military attache of a number of countries.
" But This did not prevent greedy for sensation correspondents to inform you that the question was about the status of volunteers fighting on the area of Ukraine. This is outright deception, as it is easy to test on the transcript of the hearing, " he said.
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