Separatist Commander ‘Motorola’ Denied Executing Ukrainian POWs

Monday, October 17 , 2016 - 17:36 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Russian media reports that a commander of Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine has been killed by an explosion in his apartment building in Donetsk. Arseny Pavlov, a Russian citizen who went by the nickname “Motorola,” led a separatist unit known as the Sparta battalion. Kyiv had accused him of war crimes for killing prisoners of war. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Current Time TV in 2015, a Ukrainian soldier said he witnessed Motorola executing a fellow POW named Ihor. When questioned about the claim, Motorola denied that he executed POWs. (RFE/RL’s Current Time TV) …read more

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