Separatist commander shot in so-called Luhansk People's Republic
The Separatist Commander, Armen Bagiryan, and several of his subordinates were shot in Slovianoserbsk, as reported by journalist Galina Sozanchuk. “The Militias’ Commander and his men were not killed in the fight at the front line and their vehicle didn’t strike a land mine. They were killed in the territory which is under our control,” Sozanchuk wrote on her Facebook page.
Galina Sozanchuk also noted that Bagiryan had deleted photographs taken in the Donbas from all his social media pages shortly before his death. Armen Bagiryan also reported that he has kept his service in the Armed Forces of the Luhansk People’s Republic from his relatives. Since 2015, the Russian citizen, Bagiryan, was the Head of the unrecognized Administration of Slovianoserbsk, Ukrainian media reported.
As previously reported, separatists, including Bagiryan, demanded money for unimpeded transportation of food products via the Siverskyi Donets near Slovianoserbsk.
Russian authorities have repeatedly stated that the Russian Federation isn’t a party to the Ukrainian conflict and its servicemen don’t participate in the fight in eastern Ukraine.