Leader of so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” killed in action near Volnovakha

Ukrainska Pravda — Saturday, 5 March 2022, 20:31

The leader of the Russian-controlled occupying forces stationed in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk Region of Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, announced the death of Volodymyr Zhoha.

Zhoha was the commander of Sparta, one of the militant groups based in the so-called "Donetsk/Luhansk People’s Republics".

Source: Russian service of the BBC in Telegram

Details: Zhoha, aka "Vokha", used to be the personal driver of another Arsen Pavlov, aka "Motorola", killed in 2016 in Donetsk.

Sparta is considered one of the most effective militant groups in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions of Ukraine. The BBC recalls that Sparta and its leaders have been repeatedly accused of inhumane treatment of prisoners of war. The occupiers write that Zhoha/"Vokha" was killed near Volnovakha.