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Lebanon's Hezbollah chief denies sending fighters to support Russia in Ukraine -Al Mayadeen TV

FILE PHOTO: Hezbollah fighters sit on a back of a truck mounted with an anti-aircraft weapon in Jroud Arsal, near Syria-Lebanon border, August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday denied reports about sending fighters and experts to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV reported.

"No one from Hezbollah, neither a fighter nor an expert, went to this arena or any of the arenas of these wars," Beirut-based Al Mayadeen TV quoted him as saying.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the green light for up to 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East to be deployed alongside Russian-backed rebels to fight in Ukraine.

(Reporting by Moataz Mohamed; Editing by Chris Reese)

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