KYIV. June 27 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has claimed that Ukrainian government forces destroyed a tank belonging to militiamen of the "Donetsk People's Republic" (DPR) on the outskirts of Slovyansk.
"Fighting is underway on the outskirts of Slovyansk. A tank that crashed into Checkpoint No. 1 of our units near Slovyansk as part of the "peace process on the part of DPR" has already turned into scrap metal. It was destroyed by Captain Sidorin from a special operations brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. I will nominate him for an award," Avakov said on his Facebook account last night.