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UNIAN: Almost 20 people go missing after Zakharchenko’s assassination in occupied Donetsk

By UNIAN.

Published Sept. 3, 2018. Updated Sept. 3 at 10:40 am

A portrait of Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in front of the Russian Embassy in Kiev on September 2, 2018. Zakharchenko, the main separatist leader in eastern Ukraine was killed in a bomb blast in the centre of rebel hub Donetsk on August 31, the most prominent rebel victim in the four-year conflict.

Photo by AFP / Anatolii Stepanov

19 people have gone missing in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk after leader of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) Alexander Zakharchenko was assassinated on Aug. 31.

“There are 19 missing people as of now. Also, there are about 50 detainees, but about 10 have already been freed,” human rights activist Pavlo Lisyansky, who represents the Ukrainian ombudsperson in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, said.

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