Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk laid the blame on professional soldiers who came from Russia, stating that "it wasn't drunken militants with Ukrainian passports , it was done by Russian professionals and coordinated from Russia", adding that "the whole world has learned about the Russian lies and Russian propaganda."
O primeiro ministro ucraíno Arseniy Yatsenyuk culpou a soldos profesionais que segundo el procedían de Rusia, afirmando que "non eran militantes borrachos con pasaportes ucraínos, foi feito por profesionais rusos e coordinados dende Rusia", engadindo que "todo o mundo aprendeu sobre as mentiras e a propaganda rusa".