Conscientious objection in Ukraine

400 fighters Dnepropetrovsk airborne division of Ukraine resigned because of unwillingness to fight

About 400 servicemen separate 25th Dnepropetrovsk airborne division of Ukraine filed a report about the dismissal of the last three days because of the reluctance to go to the East of Ukraine, informs ITAR-TASS referring to a source in the unit. According to him, another 400 people refused to go to the area of conducting military operations.

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Ukrainian border guards threw away their weapons, hid in the Russian Federation from shelling

Thrown away weapons were discovered on the territory adjacent to the Russian checkpoint "Donetsk", where a few days ago Ukraine 100 border guards crossed over to Russian Federation, according to the representative of border guard of FSB of Russia in the Rostov region, Vasiliy Malaev.

RT,

23 June, 2014

According the Malaev RIA Novosti, on the evening of 20 June until the morning of June 21 in the area of the checkpoint "Izvarino" on the Russian checkpoint "Donetsk" has passed 100 border guards to escape from the fire during clashes with the militia. They said that the only progranune "Izvarino" there were 113 border guards.

"In the territory adjacent to the checkpoint "Donetsk", was found abandoned weapons, including 43 "Aka-74", three gun, grenade launcher, 116 grenades and 7812 ammunition", - said the Agency interlocutor.

From passed on the Russian side of the border guards, 15 refused to return to Ukraine. At 04.20 MSK on June 22, the border crossing point "Chertkovo-chalk" on the Ukrainian side moved 85 border guards.

The Ukrainian state border service, said earlier that all the guards returned to Ukraine.