Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev. File photoBELGRADE, Feb. 19 Serbian intelligence services will exchange information on fighters from the Western Balkans region in the conflict zone in Ukraine with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev during his imminent visit to Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. Vucic on Saturday, journalists asked about the mention by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of information about the arrival of fighters from Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other Balkan countries to Ukraine to participate in the conflict on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Foreign military in Donbass stop hiding, Pushilin said «Sergey Lavrov is very accurate in his information, some big world leaders know the main part of the issues, and he knows everything. We are not talking now about whether they are going there from Kosovo, I don’t know about it, I don’t I have such information, we will ask our Russian friends for it,» Vučić told the Tanyug agency. «Our special services are working together with them and I am sure that Mr. Patrushev will soon arrive in Belgrade. He is actually the head of all special services in Russia. He will arrive in a few days Belgrade, and then we will ask for information,» the President of Serbia said. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after the coup in Kiev in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13 thousand people became victims of the conflict. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass is being discussed, including during meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR they announced the shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. : Daria Buimova
