Security Service of Ukraine together with border guards in the international checkpoint "Tanyushevka" in the area of ATO has detained a Russian citizen who came to Ukraine for joining the illegal armed groups. This was reported in the press service of the SBU.
"A native of the city of Balakovo, Saratov region in early July this year, has already visited Lugansk through a closed checkpoint" Izvarino "(controlled by the terrorists). In the city, he came to the point of recruiting fighters, where he was offered 15 thousand rubles for a" service in the armored forces". Mercenary agreed and even started to undergo medical check-up, but later abandoned the contract, citing the poor conditions of "work" and the hostility of the local population, "- said in a statement.