Poroshenko asks General Staff to comment on foreign fighters on Ukrainian side in Donbas

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked the General Staff to publish information on the number of foreigners who are fighting on the side of the Ukrainian army in Donbas.

"As for the thousands of foreign citizens who are fighting on the side of Ukraine, because this information was stated in my presence, I cannot confirm it, and I will ask the General Staff to publish its official position on this matter," Poroshenko said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday, responding to a question from a journalist who said, citing the General Staff, that one thousand foreigners are fighting on the side of Ukraine.