In Donetsk say goodbye to the commander of the battalion "Somalia" Mikhail Tolstoy. The civil funeral was attended by thousands of people. Among them, the representatives of the DND, colleagues of the battalion commander, as well as local residents.

Today in Donetsk say goodbye to the dead commander of the battalion "Somali", a Colonel of the army DNI, Mikhail Tolstykh, known under the Callsign Givi. A memorial service is held in the building of the local Opera in the center of Donetsk. From the morning to the theatre people come. They bear flowers. It was not pre-arranged. Each of those who came, made it her own, in his heart.

People lined up in a long queue, which stretched for several hundred meters. Mikhail Tolstoy is buried in a cemetery in Donetsk. Thick buried next to his comrade Arseniy Pavlov, known by its Callsign Motorola. Mikhail Tolstoy was killed last Wednesday in his office. According to preliminary data, Givi fired a shot from a flame thrower "bumblebee". DNR authorities called it a terrorist attack and accused of the murder of the Ukrainian security services.

After the death of the hero of the NPT in the Republic declared three days of mourning. Street banners with his portrait. Civil funeral takes place at the local theatre. There came thousands of people.
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