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Poroshenko orders defense chief to send military envoys to Donbass

Military commissars will be selected from the government troops that were injured during the special operation against militia in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, but are capable of serving in the army
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko EPA/Olivier Douliery/POOL
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
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KIEV, September 24. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered the country’s Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey to send military commissars to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, a statement published on the president’s official website said on Wednesday.

Military commissars will be selected from the government troops that were injured during the special operation against militia in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, but are capable of serving in the army.

Last month, President Poroshenko called on the Prosecutor General’s Office and Ukraine’s Security Service to intensify the effort to struggle against corruption in the army recruiting offices across the country.

The Ukrainian leader also suggested that the wounded Ukrainian servicemen will work at these army recruiting offices and chief enlistment officers will be sent to the Armed Forces for 45 days.