Police units "Tornado" and "Chernigov" withdrawn from Luhansk region
The head of the Lugansk military-civil administration Gennady Moskal said that police units "Tornado" and "Chernigov" withdrawn from Luhansk region. "The withdrawal process was completed today, June 23. Currently in the Luhansk region there is not a single envoy these police departments, military guarding the borders controlled Ukraine of the territory of the region is carried out by soldiers from other security branches, " - said Moskal on its Internet representation. before Tuesday Moskal reported that the supply of coal Uglegorsk TPP terminated because of the actions of a company " Tornado." Stopped by a police squadron of Tornado structure, in which like smuggling for the so-called LNR, blocked traffic on the railway station "Svetlanov" in the area of Popasna, Luhansk region. Because of this, in fact paralyzed 2 state factories - lysychanskvuhillya and Pervomayskugol that do not have the ability to deliver the coal at Vuhlehirska thermal power plant in Svitlodarsk (controlled by the Kiev territory of the Donetsk region ", - he noted. Also Moskal appealed to the Prosecutor General's office, interior Ministry, security service and anti-Corruption Bureau with a request to come to the area and to give a legal assessment to the actions of the police units. Remember, the interior Ministry and the Prosecutor's office of Ukraine on June 17, tied for 7 people from the battalion Tornado together with the commander of patrol service battalion Ruslan Onishchenko, who are accused of looting, torture, murder, rape and several other crimes. Then the head of the Lugansk military-civil administration Gennady Moskal appealed to law enforcement agencies with the requirement to disarm battalions "Tornado" and " Chernigov ". Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, on his part, June 18 announced that the battalion Tornado disbanded. Then the soldiers of the unit have sought refuge at the base and organized it for defense, then told about the readiness to use weapons against the workers of the Ministry of internal Affairs. The leadership of the Ukrainian interior Ministry has conducted a dialogue with members of the Tornado. Ministry spokesman Artem Shevchenko said that the Ministry hopes for a peaceful resolution of the situation. In addition, he considers the situation dangerous enough.