SSU CI detained a former fighter of illegal armed groups of the DNR terrorist or-ganisation, who had been on the national wanted list for six years, in the area of the Joint Forces Operation.

Special service operatives found that a resident of Sloviansk voluntarily joined the so-called "Slavic brigade of DNR People's Militia". There he held the "post" of a deputy commander of the platoon of terrorists. Reportedly, the militant, be-ing a member of the "Taiphoon" gang, countered the ATO forces in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In particular, the perpetrator took an active part in the combat operations near Shakhtarsk, Opytne, Spartak and Novoazovsk of Donetsk re-gion.