Donbass
investigators prove involvement of Ukrainian secret services in Givi’s murder
Saturday,
February 11, 2017 - 17:48
Investigative
agencies of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have proved collaboration
between the Ukrainian secret services and a number of individuals involved in
the assassination of Mikhail Tolstykh, the Commander of the
Somali battalion of the Donbass self-defense guard who was more broadly
known under the call-name Givi, reported the DPR Operational Command, reports TASS.
The
Command was quoted as saying two versions of Givi’s death were under
consideration at the moment. Number one suggested the use of a Shmel
man-portable rocket launcher and the second, demolition of an explosive.
Eduard
Basurin, the official spokesman for the DPR Operational Command said earlier he
was confident Givi’s assassination had been steered by the Ukrainian secret
services. He also said he did not rule out a possible involvement of Zoryan
Shkiryak, an advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Minister in the operation to
eliminate the intrepid commander.
Givi,
36 at the time of his death, was killed on February 8 by a shot from a Shmel
man-portable rocket launcher. He was buried at the same cemetery as another
famous commander of the Donbass self-defense forces, Arsen Pavlov (call-name
Motorola) who was killed in the night hours of October 16 inside his house in
Donetsk. Their graves are located close to each other.
The
Office of the Donetsk republic’s Main Military Prosecutor ordered a criminal
investigation of the assassination.
According
to: TASS
DONi
News Agency
