“I want to draw attention to the fact that since 2014 Abkhazian volunteers have taken up arms and are defending the freedom of Donbass, and their number is increasing,” he told RIA Novosti.

Ardzinba stressed that the liberation of the Donbass republics is of great importance for the Abkhaz volunteers.

Earlier, the head of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Yevhen Balitsky, signed a decree on the formation of volunteer battalions in the region.

According to him, many residents of the region are already on the border as part of the Russian Armed Forces.