DONETSK, Ukraine: Armed men in military fatigues without insignia on Tuesday patrolled streets in the rebel stronghold of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine amid a spike in infighting between rebel factions.
Men wearing balaclavas blocked access to several administrative buildings in the city, controlled by separatists, and defied the self-proclaimed leadership’s calls to disperse.
One of the men said their appearance in the city centre was part of “planned joint exercises” ordered by the interior ministry, according to video footage broadcast by a local television channel.
The patrols began after Igor Plotnitsky, leader of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic, sacked the rebel region’s interior …read more
Source: theSun
