Ukrainian soldiers tortured the LPR servicemen captured near Schastye, the head of the Lugansk People's Republic Igor Plotnitsky said at a press conference at the Lugansk Information Center today.
Ukrainian soldiers wounded and took captive Yevgeniy Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov in an attack on the observation post of the LPR people's militia near the town of Schastye on May 16.
“I can tell you one thing… I know the details of the battle that took place, and I know what injuries our servicemen had. If you watch the video from the Ukrainian side, you’d notice that Yerofeyev, when captured, had a gunshot wound to the shoulder, but afterwards, when they paraded him on TV, his other arm had injuries too. I can tell you for sure that they used torture on these servicemen,” – Igor Plotnitsky said.
Plotnitsky then showed the journalists extracts from documentation about the LPR servicemen captured by the Ukrainian soldiers.
“Alexander Alexandrov was the commander of a recon group, he joined the LPR people's militia in Lugansk on 12 January 2015. Captain Yevgeniy Yerofeyev, a reserve officer, was the commander of the recon company, he joined the LPR people's militia on 17 February 2015,″ – Plotnitsky said.
Igor Plotnitsky scornfully refuted Kiev's allegations that the captured LPR serviceme were members of the Russian Armed Forces.
“To say what they did before they joined up in the Republic, I don’t know. However, the Kiev officials have been looking for the Russians, Russian spetsnaz and soldiers all the time, but they never can give evidence of such. If they captured our scouts, that fact that they may have once served in the Russian forces doesn’t prove anything. Well, if Ukrainian soldiers captured a Spaniard or Frenchman, who are here with us, well what would that mean? Now, the Ukrainian government just passed a law that allows foreigners to serve in their forces. That’s contrary to all the Minsk agreements. Why, the Ukrainian side tries all sorts of tricks, they use any means to weasel out of implementing the Minsk agreements. The LPR government is making active efforts to free our servicemen. Right now, negotiations are underway on the exchange of these prisoners; we’ve had two meetings already,” – Igor Plotnitsky said.
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