Near Kleschiyivka, which was recently liberated by the Defense Forces in the Bakhmut direction, a volunteer occupier was captured by Ukrainian border guards. During the interrogation, it turned out that he was the mayor of the Russian city of Tchaikovsky in the Perm region of the Russian Federation.
During the interrogation, Alexey Tretyakov said that he was the mayor of Tchaikovsky during 2014-2019, and before that — deputy of the City Duma.
— As a volunteer, I signed a contract on September 7 with the Russian Ministry of Defense. I was assigned to the 78th Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division. They transported me to Lisichansk, where I trained for a week, — said the prisoner.
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According to him, after that he was sent to Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region, where he was captured.
Tretyakov admitted that he came to Ukraine to fight with NATO, but I never met his units here. At the same time, he admitted that Russian propaganda is lying, and Crimea — Ukrainian.
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