24 Oct 2016 14:52

DPR calls Motorola's murder, disruption of disengagement in Stanytsia Luhanska 'links within one chain'

MOSCOW. Oct 24 (Interfax) - Donetsk has linked the murder of Sparta battalion commander Arsen Pavlov (also known as Motorola) to the aggravating standoff in southern areas.

"The situation is complicated. We are observing aggravation in the south of the republic: continuous shelling. All these are links within one chain with the terror attack on Motorola and the disruption of the separation of forces and weapons in the Stanytsia Luhanska area," Denis Pushilin, authorized representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, told journalists.

Pavlov was killed on the night of October 16 in his own house, as a result of a bomb explosion in the lift.