DISINFO: Ukraine’s Defense Ministry invites separatist militants to join its ranks,...
SUMMARY
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry invites separatist militants to join its ranks, urging the separatists to turn themselves in together with tanks and APCs.
RESPONSE
The Ukrainian military has launched a program called “They’re waiting for you at home” which allows those separatist militants who have had a change of heart and have not committed crimes to return home to their families and be rehabilitated. On his Facebook page, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko speculates that it would be good if separatists who hand in military hardware to the Ukrainian side could be either acquitted by a court or have their sentence reduced. These are personal ideas of Lysenko and not Ukrainian official policy. bit.ly/2ea6gAz,