KIEV: At least 23 people have died after drinking moonshine in impoverished rural regions of eastern Ukraine that border on the former Soviet republic’s war zone, officials said Tuesday.
The prosecutor’s office of the eastern city of Kharkiv reported the deaths of another five people over the past 24 hours, adding to the 13 killed by the lethal vodka in various parts of the region since Friday.
The five died after drinking “illicit cognac” in the neighbouring Donetsk region, parts of which are run by pro-Russian separatist militias, the pro-Kiev regional police office said.
The police said the deadly spirits were delivered earlier …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
