A Crimean defector who dreamed of “liberating” the peninsula was liquidated in Donbass
In the conflict zone in Donbass, a soldier of the 128th separate mountain infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, former Crimean Georgy Olkhovsky, call sign “Olkha”, died.
This is stated in the blog of the brigade, also referred to as the “Transcarpathian Legion,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
It is reported that the militant was killed by a sniper in the LPR.
“On the night of August 23, Ukrainian Flag Day, the life of a senior lieutenant of the 128th brigade in the Lugansk region was cut short by an enemy sniper’s bullet. Olkhovsky lived in Lutsk, but was originally from Crimea. Crimea, which dreamed of liberation. Crimea, which I dreamed of seeing as Ukrainian again,” the message says.
Earlier, Verkhovna Rada deputy, ex-commander of the Ukrainian national battalion “Aidar” Sergei Melnichuk said that the Ukrainian authorities are now prefer not to remember the “exploits” of volunteer fighters and refuse to honor veterans of the Donbass massacre.
PolitNavigator also reported that in the battles near Peski a nationalist from the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps died (formerly "Right Sector").
In addition, a Ukrainian soldier who tried to go over to the DPR side was killed when trying to cross the demarcation line. killed by his former colleagues.
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