OREANDA-NEWS. Maria Zakharova, the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation, commented on the statement of the first commander of the Ukrainian volunteer regiment “Azov” Andriy Biletsky, who promised to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky that ten thousand of militants will return to the Donbass if the head of state “kicks out” the veterans of the unit from the region.

According to Zakharova, “now the whole world has heard the confession of the true perpetrators about who and how blocked the implementation of the Minsk agreements all this time”. “For more than four years, Moscow has being explained that they are frustrated by nationalist-oriented elements, the responsibility for which lay with Kiev,” the representative of Russian Foreign Ministry wrote on her Facebook page.

Biletsky published a video message on his YouTube channel after the President of Ukraine visited the town of Zolotoye, located in the Donbass. According to “Azov” leader, after the trip of the head of state, the most important issue is not the “rudeness” of the president, but the situation on the front line. Biletsky said that with the attempt of Ukrainian leader to disperse the troops, he “surrenders” vast territory, because in this case the country will lose control of 30 settlements. The first commander of “Azov” also said that the fighters will continue to remain in Zolotoye because they have a “right to their own opinion”, which they earned with their blood.