Kiev has denied any involvement in detainee Russian soldier to the battalion “Dnipro – RBC

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Ministry of Internal Affairs denied membership detained in Russia Sergey Litvinov spetsbatalona “Dnepr”. “Can such Sergey Litvinov and exist in reality, but that’s bad luck – a fighter in the battalion” Dnepr “was never” – said on his Facebook page advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko.

Earlier Wednesday, Russia’s Investigative Committee reported on the detention of “ordinary battalion” Dnepr “Sergei Litvinov, who allegedly confessed to the murder of civilians in the Luhansk region. “According to the testimony of Litvinov, he was” personally committed the murders did not participate in armed conflict civilians, including women and children, who lived in the villages of Cretaceous, Wide, and Makarovo Kamyshnoe, guided only by anonymous denunciations, “- said agency spokesman Vladimir Markin. “And, what is most interesting for murders this soldier received a cash consideration issued his leadership of Igor Kolomoisky funds”, – said the representative of the TFR.

Markin said that the soldier “Dnepr” “he came to the territory Russia under the guise of a civilian to go to a hospital. ” Now, the detainee will be convoyed from Rostov-on-Don to Moscow, which will host the psychological and psychiatric examination.

In response, the Gerashchenko added that “battalion” Dnepr-1 “never performed any tasks in the Lugansk region . “He acted in the Western Donbass – Kurakhovo Marinka, Red Army, under Mariupol, Ilovaiskaya, but never in the Lugansk region”, – assured the Advisor to the Minister.

spetsbatalona MIA of Ukraine “Dnepr” was formed in April 2014 . In September, the order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov battalion was deployed to the regiment, which combines the functions of the assault battalions and police units. Financed by the head of a battalion of the Dnepropetrovsk State Administration Igor Kolomoisky.