MOSCOW – A prominent rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has been killed in an explosion in his office, his associates said on Feb. 8.
The rebels’ Donetsk News Agency said Mikhail Tolstykh, better known under his nom de guerre Givi, died early Feb. 8 morning in what it described as a terrorist attack. The agency said 35-year old Tolstykh was killed by a rocket fired from a portable launcher into his office.
