At the disposal of TV channel “Star” was the video of the interrogation of the soldiers of the Ukrainian army detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder of the head of Department of militia of Lugansk people’s Republic Oleg Anashchenko, blown up in his own car on 4 February 2017.
“I met a man, he gave me an explosive device. It was called “Lisa”. I have not seen him, and it never worked. Gave me this is an explosive and radio controlled fuses. Well and explained how to use it. That side button, the distance is. What is the normal range of two meters, with a maximum of five meters.
I drove into the Parking lot. Ivan was standing near the car. I got this “Lisa”, crouched between the car, put under the Jeep with Lugansk numbers. Out of the car Park, stood waiting. Left (Anashchenko – approx. ed.), opened the car, sat down. He started to leave. I saw how he pulled away from the house, and nothing there. Pressed the button and detonated the car,” said one of the detainees.
“As soon as start to drive the car, Sergey said that I was going. At this time he (Anashchenko – approx. ed.) was sitting in the back seat. When I drove past, heard the explosion. WhatsApp wrote that I went and took a picture or made a video of how the car’s on fire,” added another suspect.
We will remind, on 4 February in Luhansk blew up the car of chief of the national police. Oleg Anashchenko died on the spot. Incident qualified as a terrorist attack. Later, the SMM, the OSCE suggested that the power of the explosion is four to five kilograms of TNT.