Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire in DonbasLUHANSK, Jan 21The authorities of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic demand the release of Andrei Kosyak, an officer of the LPR representation in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC), kidnapped by Ukrainian security forces, without preconditions. during the work agreed with Kiev on the withdrawal of forces near the city of Zolote, partly controlled by Kiev, in the Donbass. In Kiev, they claim that they detained an employee of the department, as he conducted reconnaissance of the positions of the Ukrainian security forces. The LPR denied this information.The LPR told about the shelling of the village by the Ukrainian security forces with grenade launchers»One hundred days since the capture by the militants of the armed formations of Ukraine of the observer officer of the LPR representative office in the JCCC Andrey Kosyak … We still demand from the Ukrainian side the immediate return of the detained Andrey Kosyak without any preliminary conditions,» the JCCC said in a message published on its Telegram channel. The mission notes that despite a request from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide consular access to the detained officer, Kiev refuses to allow Russian consular workers to see him.The Kremlin commented on the initiative to recognize the DPR and LPR»Today, Ukraine, instead of taking measures to return our observer, continues to prosecute him for crimes that he did not commit. By the decision of the Rubezhansky city court of the Lugansk region of December 9 In 2021, Andrei Kosyak's detention was extended until February 6, 2022,» the JCCC explained. The representative office of the LPR called all Kiev's accusations «outright slander» and stressed that the officer was carrying out «an exclusively peaceful mission to coordinate work at the breeding site forces and means and ensured security and observance of the ceasefire.»
