'UK mercenaries' are battling pro-Russian forces in Ukraine

'The British have good snipers': 'UK mercenaries' are battling pro-Russian forces in Ukraine, claims PM of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic

• Alexander Borodai said English voices are on the airwaves
• He claimed that they were British or U.S. soldiers for hire
• Also said their training and weapons marked them out as foreigners
• Donetsk declared itself independent after a referendum this month

Daily Mail,

31 May, 2014

Mercenaries from Britain or America are being deployed by the Ukrainian government in an operation to wipe out  pro-Moscow fighters in the country’s lawless eastern regions, it has been alleged.

‘We hear English speech on the airwaves,’ claimed Alexander Borodai, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

The alleged mercenaries were ‘Anglo-Saxons – English or American,’ he said. ‘They have good snipers.

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Mercenary help: It has been claimed that British or U.S. fighters are helping Ukrainian forces (pictured) in the east of the country

'Their methods and weapons point out clearly they are not Ukrainian soldiers.’

He claimed that lists of names seized when pro-Moscow fighters stormed Donetsk airport last week had revealed connections to Western ‘private military companies’.

The allegation comes as Ukraine is making headway against the rebels and retaking territory.

U.S. President Barack Obama will pledge his support to  new Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko when they meet in Poland this week.

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'Clearly not Ukrainian': Soldiers for the pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic (such as the one pictured) have said they are facing foes who are obviously different from their countrymen