Ukraine crisis: ‘Russian special forces’ captured

Ukraine's military says its forces have captured two Russian soldiers fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine.

This is reported by BBC citing Corruption.info.

The troops were seized in the town of Shchastya, near the line of separation.

A video emerged apparently showing one of the soldiers — which it said were members of Russia's elite special forces — saying during questioning that he was a sergeant from the central Russian city of Togliatti.

Russia denies claims that it is sending its forces to help the rebels.

However, it admits that a number of Russian nationals are fighting with the separatists in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

More than 6,000 people have been killed in fighting which began in April 2014 when the rebels seized large parts of the two regions.
This happened a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula.