Officers of Ukraine’s Security Service are involved in an assassination attempt on head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnitsky, a spokesman for LPR militia said on Saturday.
"According to radio intercepts, diversionists of Ukraine’s Security Service who were trained in (the town of) Severodonetsk have been implicated in the terrorist attack against Plotnitsky in Lugansk," Andrey Marochko was quoted by the LuganskInformCenter as saying.
"They undergo training under the guidance of foreign case officers from special services of the countries that have inspired the Ukrainian punitive operation against Donbass people," he said.
The LPR militia said that not long before the assassination attempt "a special unit of Ukraine’s Security Service had established contact and requested to confirm" the assassination. LPR law enforcement agencies have launched a search operation for the diversionists.
An assassination attempt on Igor Plotnitsky was made earlier on Saturday. A mighty explosive device went off near his car. The injured official was taken to hospital.
LPR Prime Minister Sergei Kozlov said "the facts on the crime scene prove it was a terrorist attack." All law enforcement authorities are involved in the investigation, the prime minister said.
Plotnitsky’s condition is stable and his life is out of danger.
[tass.ru]
6/8/16
"They undergo training under the guidance of foreign case officers from special services of the countries that have inspired the Ukrainian punitive operation against Donbass people," he said.
The LPR militia said that not long before the assassination attempt "a special unit of Ukraine’s Security Service had established contact and requested to confirm" the assassination. LPR law enforcement agencies have launched a search operation for the diversionists.
An assassination attempt on Igor Plotnitsky was made earlier on Saturday. A mighty explosive device went off near his car. The injured official was taken to hospital.
LPR Prime Minister Sergei Kozlov said "the facts on the crime scene prove it was a terrorist attack." All law enforcement authorities are involved in the investigation, the prime minister said.
Plotnitsky’s condition is stable and his life is out of danger.
[tass.ru]
6/8/16
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Poroshenko's administration: Ukraine on alert awaiting start of Russian army offensive..
ReplyDeleteUkrainian Presidential spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation issues Andriy Lysenko says Ukraine is on alert, waiting for an offensive by the Russian army to begin at any time.
We're expecting it at any time," Lysenko said, answering a question about the possible aggravation of the conflict. Officials have noted the repositioning of equipment and the rotation of the military along the entire contact line from the enemy's side, along with border crossings at uncontrolled sections. "In the north of Crimea, Russian troops are also carrying out their maneuvers, and for a while the movement at checkpoints was suspended on the initiative of the Russian side.
This means the occupiers are conducting their maneuvers, and we need to be aware that at any moment, at any hour, they can start a large or small-scale offensive," Lysenko said.
He stressed that ATO forces are monitoring the situation in the areas where enemy forces and facilities are stationed.
Ukraine is also preparing its reserves to repel a possible attack. Lysenko made note that these were Russian forces stationed on the other side. "We can talk about the rotation of Russian servicemen, who manage units and participate in the planning of military operations," he said.
As was reported on Sunday, the Russian occupying authorities suspended operations at checkpoints along the administrative border between Russia-annexed Crimea and mainland Ukraine. Later, only one checkpoint, Chonhar, resumed operations.
[www.unian.info]
7/8/16