So-called “minister” of occupied Luhansk killed in Lysychansk bakery attack, claims Russia – photo

The Russian occupation authorities have claimed that Alexei Poteshchenko, Russian-appointed "Minister of Emergency Situations of the 'LPR' ('Luhansk People's Republic', an unrecognised puppet state and terrorist organisation)", has been killed during the attack on a bakery in the town of Lysychansk (Luhansk Oblast), supposedly launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agencies RIA Novosti and TASS, citing a representative of the illegitimate occupation government's "Ministry of Emergency Situations" Quote: "The LPR's Minister of Emergency Situations Alexei Poteshchenko was among those killed in the attack on a bakery in Lysychansk on Saturday".

Later, Leonid Pasechnik, Russian-appointed "governor" of occupied Luhansk Oblast, confirmed the death of Poteshchenko.

Pasechnik claimed that "the Minister of Emergency Situations of the 'Luhansk People's Republic', Colonel Aleksei Poteshchenko, was killed during a brutal attack on a bakery in Lysychansk".

Alexei Poteshchenko, Russian-appointed illegitimate "Minister of Emergency Situations of the 'LPR'"Photo: RIA Novosti

Background: On Saturday, the Russians reported the attack on a bakery in Russian-occupied Lysychansk, Luhansk Oblast, supposedly launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which "killed 28 civilians".

Ukraine did not comment on the incident.

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