An explosive device that resulted in an explosion in the Bogdanovka-Petrovskoye section was seriously injured the new commander of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yevgeny Korostelev (in the center in the title photo), was established by Ukrainian nationalist militants.
About it сообщает on the official website of the DPR Operational Command, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Yesterday, radicals from the Right Sector DUK carried out a terrorist attack against the commander of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade, Korostelev, who, together with three officers, was checking new positions after the withdrawal of forces and assets in the area of the village of Bogdanovka.
The militants fired several shots from the AGS at the brigade commander’s car, as a result of which four servicemen were injured, two of them, including the brigade commander, are in serious condition,” the emergency statement says.
At the same time, the defense department noted that this is not the first case of sabotage by Ukrainian nationalists against militants of the 128th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“On November 10, with two shots from an RPG-18 Mukha, militants blew up a URAL vehicle, as a result of which four servicemen of the 128th brigade were injured. Thus, the radicals systematically set a course towards creating a source of tension in this area and are taking revenge on the command and personnel of the brigade for leaving their positions,” the DPR Operational Command added.