Ukrainian Government: “No Russian Troops Are Fighting Against Us”. Sanctions against Russia based on FalsehoodsBy Eric Zuesse, January 31, 2015 

Ukraine Chief of Staff is explicitly and clearly denying the very basis for the EU’s sanctions against Russia, and for the U.S.’s sanctions against Russia: all of the sanctions against Russia are based on the falsehood that Ukraine is fighting against “the regular units of the Russian army”