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Ukraine claims Russian FSB arrested a Pro-Russian separatist leader in Donbas in the latest fallout over its failed invasion
Minister of the Interior Major General Igor Aleksandrovich Kornet of the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic
Ukraine has claimed Luhansk People's Republic leader Igor Aleksandrovich Kornet has been detained by Russian security forces.Ukrainian Defense Ministry
  • Russian security forces arrested a pro-Russian leader in the eastern region, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

  • Russia's Federal Security Service arrested Kornet, according to the Ukrainian government.

  • The arrest was part of a purge of the leadership of the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry claimed on Wednesday that Russia's domestic security forces arrested a pro-Russian leader in the eastern region of Ukraine, in the latest blow to the country.

The Federal Security Service of Russia arrested the Minister of the Interior Major General of the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic in the pro-Moscow Donbas region.

According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Kornet was being held at a pre-trial detention center in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

Ukrainian intelligence said the arrest was part of a purge of the leadership of the LPR that was a testament to Moscow's inability to follow through with their goals.

Insider couldn't verify that Kornet was taken into custody.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that the arrest was met with negative backlash from the power structure and political leadership of the Luhansk People's Republic.

The agency said that Russia is trying to send more troops into eastern Ukraine.

The Ukrainian government said that the army corps of the Russian Federation was to continue actions of war against Ukraine.

Russian troops failed to take the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv after weeks of sustained shelling, so they shifted their focus to the eastern region.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with India Today that another stage of the operation in eastern Ukraine will be very important.

Nikita Angarski and Oleksandr Vynogradov wrote the translations.

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