RFE: Separatist Commander 'Givi' Killed In Eastern Ukraine
KYIV -- A separatist commander in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk has been assassinated, the Russia-backed separatists say.
Mikhail Tolstykh, better known by his nom de guerre Givi, died after a bomb exploded in his office in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk just after 6 a.m. local time on February 8, de facto separatist authorities and a source with ties to its military told RFE/RL by phone.
The separatists announced two days of mourning.
Donetsk separatist leaders called the killing a "terrorist" attack organized by the Ukrainian intelligence services.
"The Ukrainians...cannot defeat us on the battlefield, so they kill us in a malicious way," separatist leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko said.
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