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RFE/RL: Former separatist shot dead in government-controlled Donetsk Oblast

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Published Sept. 17, 2019 at 10:51 am

A Russian flag flies near Russia-backed separatists sitting atop a 2S1 Gvozdika (122-mm self-propelled howitzer) as a convoy of pro-Russian forces takes a break as they move from the frontline near the eastern Ukrainian city of Starobeshevo in Donetsk region, on Feb. 25, 2015.

Photo by AFP

A 28-year-old man who fought alongside Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine was on September 16 found dead with seven gunshot wounds on a stairwell inside a residential building in the Donetsk region city of Mariupol.

Local police confirmed Roman Dzhumayev’s death to RFE/RL and the UNIAN news agency said homicide detectives are investigating it as premeditated murder.