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Key Ukraine rebel commander killed in 'act of terror'
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 8:10
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Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – A military chief of a self-proclaimed Russian-backed republic in eastern Ukraine was killed in an “act of terror” Wednesday, the latest victim of a string of similar attacks, local authorities said.
The dead man was Mikhail Tolstykh, 36, head of the notorious “Somali” battalion and a leading commander of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, the rebels' spokesman told AFP.
“There has been an act of terror and Givi was killed,” Eduard Basurin said, using the nom de guerre which Tolstykh was better known by.
He blamed Ukrainian security services but declined to provide more details. Local reports said Tolstykh's office was blasted by a flamethrower …. https://www.yahoo.com
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