Ukrainian military on the contact line in Donetsk regionLUHANSK, Jan 23The official representative of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, Ivan Filiponenko, said that Ukrainian saboteurs abducted an employee of the LPR defense department near the line of contact in the Donbass. — he told reporters. Earlier, in the LPR and DPR, they spoke about the appearance of a separate center of the Special Operations Forces (SSO) «West» near the line of contact of saboteurs, trained by foreign instructors. According to a representative of the People's Militia, the military radioed a message about suspicious activity in the forest belt , without waiting for reinforcements, carried out a terrain check.Pushilin said that information is being received about the presence of PMCs in the Donbass. Cases of kidnapping of employees of the defense department of the LPR also occurred in December and November 2021. Earlier in October, Lugansk accused the enemy of capturing Andrei Kosyak, a representative of the LPR in the JCCC, during work agreed with Kiev on the withdrawal of forces near the city of Zolote in the Donbass. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Foreign Ministry noted that the Ukrainian leadership sent half of the entire personnel of the Armed Forces to the Donbass. In addition, Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the conflict zone. week, said in the DPR
