Zaharchenko's entourage trying to flee ‘Donetsk people’s republic’

01.09.2018 13:59

Ukrinform

The entourage of Alexander Zakharchenko, the killed leader of Donetsk separatists, tries to flee the territory of self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic.” Donetsk is encircled with the military equipment.

"The entourage of Zakharchenko is trying to flee the territory of ‘Donetsk People’s Republic.’ They put on civilian clothes and try to escape. Donetsk has been encircled with the military equipment, all the militarized units of the illegal armed formations got fully operational. Such a situation, according to sources in the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’, will last three days," Pavlo Lysiansky, the representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, posted on Facebook.

According to Lysiansky, at least two people were arrested on the night of September 1 in Donetsk.

Meanwhile, Oleh Slobodian, the spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, believes that Zakharchenko was killed by Russian special services as Russia seeks a new format for the occupied territories.

As reported, leader of terrorist group "Donetsk People’s Republic" Alexander Zakharchenko was killed in explosion in the occupied Donetsk on Friday.