The Ukrainian State Border Guard Service has confirmed that a Russian serviceman who was heading to Transdniestria was detained on the Ukrainian border over a month ago.The detainee was handed over to officials of the Ukrainian Security Service,
The border guards had identified the man. "The man is Valery Gratov, a colonel of the Russian Armed Forces, born in 1952, whom the Russian special services planned to make 'deputy' state security minister of Transdniestria," he said.The photo and video materials from the smart phone prove that the detainee had earlier visited the DPR and the LPR, where he met with the command of DPR and LPR armed units
