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Rebels claim Ukrainians killed a prisoner
 Rebels claim the the Ukrainians returned the mutilated body of a soldier captured March 2nd, according to Russian language news accounts.A video released by the Donetsk ministry of defense, (translation available) featured part of a press conference held Friday, discussing the return of the corpse of Evgeny Igorevich Toropkin, who both sides originally said had been captured. According to the Donetsk ministry of health head of forensics, Dmitry Kalashnikov, the soldier had been shot and stabbed numerous times, and in a several places on the body skin had been removed. A death certificate given to rebel officials said that the cause of death was known, characterized in the report as death "as result of uncertain intentions." Although rebel officials decline to state what caused the injuries, it appears the soldier was beaten and stabbed to death. Each side tells a different story of events. According to press reports at the time which appeared in lb.ua, drunken elements of the rebel 9th Separate Naval Infantry Regiment stumbled into the security zone of the Ukrainian 36th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, calling the Ukrainians out to fight. The lb.ua report said that one of the rebel marines was killed, while the other two fled, presumably returning to their own lines. According to rebel accounts at the time, a reinforced Ukrainian naval infantry squad, numbering 15 effectives, attempted to attack rebel positions under the cover of mortar fire. Although neither side has specified the location of the encounters, it is known that Ukrainian naval infantry units have occupied the town of Shirokino since the summer of 2015, while rebel occupy positions near Sakhanka, about 1.6 kilometers to the northeast of Shirokino. The rebel report said that two Ukrainian marines were killed in the encounter and another two were wounded. The remainder of the squad returned to their lines. The rebel reports said that one of their soldiers were wounded and another was captured. Posted by: badanov 2018-03-10 |
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