The disappearance of the soldier was noticed on Saturday evening. He had no weapon with him. No traces of the battle were found at the site of the disappearance of the serviceman.
“A serviceman, despite a short time of service, was characterized positively in our unit, there were no comments from the command. He is an athlete, a supporter of a healthy lifestyle,” the message emphasized.
The command of the unit began a search for a military man, but they did not bring results. The disappearance of the serviceman was reported by all relevant services
The brigade notes that representatives of the Russian occupation forces spread misinformation that the military allegedly died on April 4 as a result of a military clash near the village of Shumy, and the command is hiding his death.
On April 6, the militants handed over the body of the deceased soldier to the brigade.
What happened to the military is not yet known exactly. Various versions are being considered, including loss of orientation and abduction.
Context:
- In 2014, immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the one hand and the Russian army and Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the other. Officially, the Russian Federation does not recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine.
- July 22, 2020 Trilateral Contact Group agreed on a full and comprehensive ceasefire in Donbass since midnight on July 27. Ukrainian side regularly reports violations by the fighters of the ceasefire regime.
- Recently, the situation in Donbass has worsened. In particular, on March 26, 2021, in the area of the village of Shumy, Donetsk region, illegal armed groups of Russia opened fire on Ukrainian positions. Four soldiers were killed, including a lieutenant colonel Sergey Koval, two more were injured. On March 30, at an extraordinary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ruslan Khomchak clarified that the Ukrainian military had died near Shumy by sniper fire.
- The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that Russia builds up military presence near the border with Ukraine in the south, east and north: in the Bryansk, Voronezh regions, as well as in the occupied Crimea.
- On April 1, the President’s Office was informed that since the beginning of 2021, the Russian occupation troops in the Donbas violated the ceasefire more than 570 times… On the same day, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Russia is ready to escalate the situation in Donbass… They also did not rule out an attempt to move the occupiers deep into Ukraine.
- The Ukrainian delegation to the trilateral contact group reported on the afternoon of April 6 that in the last week alone (from March 30), three Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Donbas, four were injured and injured. Kiev initiates an extraordinary meeting of the TCG due to escalation. After that, it became known about two Ukrainian militarykilled on April 6.
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