Militants from “East” squadron arrived to Donetsk flying Lukashenka’s flags

A truck with official flags of Belarus is travelling around the city.

A video footage showing militants who had come to Donetsk from Mariupol, had been uploaded to YouTube.

Interestingly, it is written “Squadron “East” on the cab of the truck. It is a name of a special detachment of the Russian Defence Ministry, which enrolled former Chechen militants. Ukrainian mass media inform that it had taken part in occupation of Crimea and in hostilities in Donbas.