If there were 9 ths Russian troops here, we would have captured Kharkov and Kiev – Zakharchenko

5th of June, 2015. Donetsk People’s Republic, Novorossiya.

The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko calls the Ukrainian citizens not to take Poroshenko’s statements about the Russian army’s presence in Donbass seriously.

“I would like to appeal to the citizens of Ukraine. It is very difficult to hide 9,000 men of the Russian Armed Forces not only from the OSCE, but also from us. We started to look for them after Poroshenko’s statement. If there were 9,000 people [of the Russian forces] here, I wouldn’t explain what happened in Krasnogorovka or Maryinka. We would talk about Kiev or Kharkov with you. I wonder how he counted them. The talent of the Ukrainian President is unique,” – Zakharchenko said.