Donetsk, Feb 2 - DAN. Donetsk People’s Republic representative in the Minsk subgroup on security issues Alexey Nikonorov on Tuesday commented on Ukraine’s claims that the DPR militia had killed a Kiev army serviceman, the DPR Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported.

“During the video conference, Ukraine accused the DPR People’s Militia of killing a Ukrainian serviceman; in response, the Republic’s representative Alexey Nikonorov had to quote Kiev’s official  representative: “it’s provocation and hoax.”

The DPR Office said that this is how Kiev delegation officials respond to DPR statements on militia’s casualties caused by Kiev army strikes.

Earlier on Tuesday, Ukraine said that a Ukrainian armed formations serviceman had been fatally wounded in sniper fire in the Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) area.*jk