After the incident during Petr Poroshenko’s inauguration ceremony when one of the soldiers dropped his rifle, ten servicemen of the President’s regiment were sent to the Donbass 'voluntary battalion', ITAR-TASS reports. According to the local media, they will be taking part in the military operation in the east of Ukraine.
The local media also report that "the soldiers were sent to the region of combat operations on the voluntary-compulsory principle".
Recall that the incident occurred on 7 June. One of the soldiers of the guard of honor dropped his rifle at the moment when Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko was walking past him along the red carpet in the direction of the Verkhovna Rada building.
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