...неуловимый для Госдепа: "Мы видели сообщения, что Россия ввела два тактических батальона на Украину. Но у меня нет ни дополнительной информации, ни независимого подтверждения этому" (с) Джен Псаки.
И так вот уже с самого начала АТО. Данных нет, подтверждений нет. А украинской стороне верить - сами понимаете, не комильфо.
Оригинал:
QUESTION: On Russia still – on Russia, the – Poroshenko – Ukrainian President Poroshenko has said today that there are more than 9,000 Russian soldiers currently backing the pro-Russian rebels in the east. Does that – is that something you would agree with? He was speaking in Davos. Is – are those the figures that you --
MS. PSAKI: I don’t have any confirmation of the figures. I’ve certainly seen the comments he’s made. There have been an increase – there has been, I should say, an increase in separatist violence, including renewed attacks – excuse me – on the Donetsk airport in recent days, and separatist seizures of more territory. We’ve also seen reports that two tactical battalions – Russian tactical – Russia has moved two tactical battalions into Ukraine. I don’t have additional information or independent confirmation of that, but we’ve certainly seen that.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2015/01/236171.htm#RUSSIA2