Chairman of Luhansk Oblast Administration Hennadiy Moskal has said that the Interior Ministry battalions Chernihiv and Tornado have been withdrawn from Luhansk Oblast
The withdrawal finished on June 23, Moskal’s press service reported.
There are currently no representative of these battalions in Luhansk Oblast. Soldiers of other law enforcement detachments are ensuring the security of Ukrainian government controlled territories in Luhansk Oblast.
Moskal previously asked Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, general of Ukrainian army Viktor Muzhenko, and National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov to disarm the Interior Ministry battalions Tornado and Chernihiv and withdraw them from the region.
Tornado was subsequently disbanded, and according to Avakov’s order, since March the military prosecution office has been investigating grave crimes committed by battalion’s soldier in the eastern Ukraine war zone.
The Interior Ministry also said that Tornado would be redeployed.
