Ukraine: Cockroach-like US "trying to pay off the world" - Zakharchenko

Head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Zakharchenko accused the US of "trying to pay off the world" and behaving like "cockroaches" while speaking about their presence in Ukraine at an address to the press in Donetsk, Thursday. Zakharchenko also accused Kiev over the "mobilisation" of its troops, positing that the announcement "automatically" cancels all "peace agreements" agreed in Minsk. The statement follows Monday's arrival of 300 US troops to a military base in Yavoriv where they will be working alongside 900 Ukrainian soldiers as part of an assistance package provided by the US government. It follows last month's initiation of the plan for the US to provide Ukraine with a total of 230 Humvee High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs).