Turchynov ordered the disbandment of a brigade of paratroopers who went over to the side of the Russian uprising in Donbass
17.04.2014 10:26
(Moscow time)
Kyiv, April 17 (Navigator, Mikhail Ryabov) – The 25th separate Dnepropetrovsk airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be disbanded after yesterday’s incident, when fighters refused to carry out Kiev’s order to suppress the Russian uprising in Donbass and raised the Russian flag over armored vehicles.
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“The 25th separate airborne brigade, whose military showed cowardice and surrendered their weapons, will be disbanded. The military personnel who are guilty of this will be held accountable in court. The Ministry of Defense and the Prosecutor General’s Office received the corresponding instructions,” moderator Alexander Turchynov said at the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada.