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Hezbollah chief denies reports saying terror group’s fighters going to Ukraine
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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a rally to mark Al-Quds day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on August 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah says none of the group’s members are going to fight in Ukraine.
Some Ukrainian reports earlier today said Hezbollah terrorists had been recruited by Russia for the war.
Nasrallah says Lebanon’s government should form a body to deal with the repercussions of the war.
Russian President Putin has reportedly recruited mercenaries from the Middle East to bolster his invasion force.
Hezbollah and Russia have both fought on the side of the Assad regime in the Syrian Civil War.
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