30 thousand militants, mainly “mercenaries, pro-Russian activists and local armed outcasts who fight, create chaos and destruct” remain in the occupied regions, said Vladyslav Selezniov, spokesman of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
In addition, he said that nine thousand soldiers of regular armed forces of the Russian Federation are located on the territory controlled by Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, and around 45 thousand troops Russia has massed on its border with Ukraine.
In June Presidential Administration said that the number of illegal armed groups in the Donbas reaches about 50 thousand people.
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