In early April,
spokesman for the DPR People’s Militia Eduard Basurin reported that DPR
servicemen had been put on alert in view of sabotage risks by Kiev ahead of the
presidential election runoff.
DONETSK, April 12.
/TASS/. Soldiers of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) militia
fended off a Ukrainian sortie to cross the line of contact near Shirokino
village, DPR Defense Ministry Spokesman Daniil Beznosov said on Friday.
"Our soldiers
promptly detected an enemy squad near the village of Shirokino. In the course
of the short clash the intruders were forced to retreat back to their positions
with losses of one dead soldier and two more injured," the Donetsk News
Agency quotes him as saying.
Beznosov specified
that the Ukrainian squad left one injured soldier behind. He is currently in
the custody of the DPR security agents.
Source: ITAR-TASS
13-04-2019
