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| Tank battalion commander released in DPR-- UPDATED |
| 2021-10-06 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Rusvesna] In the DPR, a well-known battalion commander, colonel of the People's Militia Pyotr Ruchyov previously detained, was released. The war correspondent Semyon Pegov reports this on his Telegram channel Wargonzo, citing sources in the security forces of the republic. Pyotr Ruchyov is known in Donbass by the call sign "Diesel" and is in command of one of the tank units of the DPR. Petya has been participating in the war with the Ukrainian Nazis since 2014, he is definitely one of the Heroes of the Russian Spring, together with Oleksandr Zakharchenko he liberated Shakhtyorsk, participated in the storming of Donetsk airport, played an important role during the Debaltsevo operation. Oleksandr Zakharchenko, former head of the Donetsk People's Republic, was assassinated in 2018 at a Donetsk restaurant. "Diesel is known in the Donbass war as a brave and honest officer, we really hope that the detention of Petit Diesel is some kind of misunderstanding that will be cleared up in the near future," Pegov writes. Zakharchenko was killed at around the same time there was an internal struggle for control of the Donetsk security forces. |
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