Ukraine supplied $100,000 for seize of Russian Igor Girkin additionally referred to as the ‘butcher of Slovyansk’, a report mentioned. Igor Girkin – who additionally goes by the names Igor Strelkov and Runov – is a retired FSB colonel who participated within the annexation of Crimea, Sky Information reported.
Ukrainians have crowdfunded thousands and thousands of {dollars} for the seize of Igor Girkin who backed Russian separatists and is alleged to have aided within the seizure of administrative buildings in Slovyansk and Donetsk in 2014.
Igor Girkin can be accused of involvement within the downing of Malaysian Airways Flight 17 (MH17) over the Donbas which killed 298 individuals.
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Ukraine In the present day reported that Igor Girkin returned to Russia in 2014 and has now been mobilised within the Russian military.
Ukraine’s defence ministry set the bounty for Igor Girkin who boasted that he had “pulled the set off of conflict” in Ukraine at $100,000, Newsweek reported.
“The primary intelligence division of the Ministry of Protection of Ukraine ensures the cost of $100,000 for the switch of Igor Girkin (Strelkov) to Ukrainian captivity,” Ukraine’s defence ministry mentioned.
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“It’s recognized that one of the crucial well-known Russian terrorists has determined to resume his participation within the conflict in opposition to our state,” it added.