Russia Again Claims Ukrainians Fought for Georgia in August War

The Russian General Prosecutor’s Office said on August 24, that Ukrainian volunteers and soldiers fought on the Georgian side during the last year’s war, the allegation which Russia has already voiced at least once in the past.

“Servicemen from the Ukrainian regular defence ministry units and at least 200 members of the UNA-UNSO nationalist organization participated in the armed aggression against South Ossetia,” the Russian news agencies reported quoting a statement of Russia’s Prosecutor General’s office.

UNA-UNSO (Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian Nationalistic Self Defence) has denied the allegation.

“Unfortunately, units of UNA-UNSO and its individual members have not taken part in the Georgian-Russian war,” Interfax news agency reported quoting the organization’s deputy head, Nikolay Karpyuk.

Head of the investigative unit of the Russian Prosecutor’s Office, Alexandr Bastrikin, said in November, 2008 that citizens of Ukrainian, the United States, the Czech Republic, Turkey fought for Georgian in the August war.

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