"Attempting to cover up its crime, the Ukrainian side is disseminating untrue information in the media space, alleging that the LPR serviceman crossed the engagement line ‘on his own,’ while heavily intoxicated," the LPR representative said
LUGANSK, December 29. /TASS/. Kiev’s claims that a militia fighter of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) defected to the Ukrainian army are a lie, LRP Representative in the Working Subgroup for Humanitarian Issues in the Contact Group and Head of the POW Exchange Working Group Olga Kobtseva said on Wednesday.
"The Ukrainian side is lying, disseminating information that a serviceman of the LPR people’s militia allegedly voluntarily joined the Ukrainian army’s ranks," the LuganskInformCenter quoted the representative as saying.
"Attempting to cover up its crime, the Ukrainian side is disseminating untrue information in the media space, alleging that the [LPR] serviceman crossed the engagement line ‘on his own,’ while heavily intoxicated. Of course, this information has nothing to do with reality," she stressed.
The press office of the command of Ukraine’s Joint Force Operation in the Donbass region reported overnight to Tuesday that the Ukrainian armed forces had detained an LPR militia fighter. As the press office claimed, the militiaman "crossed the engagement line towards the Ukrainian positions in the Lugansk region while heavily intoxicated with alcohol, after which he was apprehended and transferred to the Ukrainian...
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