Consul of the Russian Federation: The special forces detained in Ukraine were "mercenaries"
Evgeny Erofeev "At present, the official position of Russia, according to the consul, is such that these military personnel who have expired the contract and have nothing to do with the Russian army in December 2014," the lawyer of one of the detained Russians said The Russian authorities consider Russian Alexandrov and Evgeny Erofeev detained in Ukraine "mercenaries" and "police LPR".