KIEV, February 4. /ITAR-TASS/. Representatives of the opposition are making attempts of bribing servicemen of internal troops of Ukraine’s Ministry of the Interior in order to gain them over. This confirmed to Itar-Tass head of the press service of the ministry’s internal troops Viktoria Kushnir.

“Yes, indeed, such attempts of bribing our staff are made by the opposition. In this regard we are raising awareness among our personnel and involving psychologists,” the Interior Ministry’s spokesperson said noting that “there are currently no registered cases of officers’ non-compliance with their official duties in connection with the facts in evidence”.

On Thursday, commander of the internal troops of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry Gen.-Lieut. Stanislav Shulyak addressed to his subordinates and urged them to hold ground and resist the proposals of extremists to join them.

“Today, they are ready to offer you huge money. Is there any use to trust such offers? Can you trust politicians that tacitly allowed bought extremists generously pour Molotov cocktails on you? Can you make a deal with those, who called and continues calling for reprisal on you and your families? Each of you is able to understand by himself, on whose side the truth is. I believe in your ability to make the difference between truth and insidious deception,” Shulyak said in his address circulated by the press service.