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Local lawmaker among fatalities in east Ukraine’s Donetsk region

One of two men who were killed near urban settlement Raigorodok in Donetsk region was identified as lawmaker of Horlivka city council from Batkivshchyna parliamentary party Volodymyr Rybak

KIEV, April 23. /ITAR-TASS/. One of two men who were killed near urban settlement Raigorodok in east Ukraine’s Donetsk region was identified as lawmaker of Horlivka city council from Batkivshchyna parliamentary party Volodymyr Rybak, adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister Stanislav Rechinsky and First Deputy Head of Donetsk-Kryvyi Rih Rog Republic of Ukrainian Interior Ministry Serhiy Redka said at a media briefing on Tuesday. The text of their statement was posted on the website of the republican interior ministry.

Rybak went missing on April 17. On April 19 two men were found dead with traces of violent death in Sloviansk district, the ministry stated.

A criminal case was opened for illegal deprivation of freedom or kidnapping of a person.