Sentence examples similar to local self defence force from inspiring English sources

"We have not seen them here yet, but we have seen them on television," said Stanislav Nagorny, an aide to the leader of a local "self-defence" force in Sebastopol.

These were local self-defence forces.

Putin denied that the Russian-speaking soldiers occupying key Crimean military sites were Russian special forces, saying they pro-Russian local self-defence forces.

The Russian president denied that the Russian-speaking soldiers occupying key Crimean military sites were Russian troops, describing them as "local self-defence forces".

The Russian president denied that Putin that the Russian-speaking soldiers occupying key Crimean military sites were Russian troops, describing them as "local self-defence forces".

Unlike other international broadcasters who have reported the presence of Russian troops in Crimea the station has echoed the Kremlin line about the troops being local self-defence forces.

The girls were arrested after being stopped by local self-defence forces in Limani near the border with Nigeria that has been the target of frequent suicide bombings in recent months.

In a chapter about the takeover of Crimea, which Putin at first attributed to local self-defence forces, the report quotes Russian soldiers who took part in the military operation to capture key infrastructure on the peninsula in February 2014.

Putin said in a televised press conference on Tuesday that Russia reserved the right to deploy troops to Crimea but maintained that the unmarked soldiers there were local self-defence forces.

Moscow has insisted the soldiers wearing Russian uniforms - without insignia - are local self-defence forces.

He said they were "local self-defence forces" loyal to Moscow, protecting the bases from "nationalists" and "anti-Semites".