Minister of Emergency Situations of the "LPR" Alexey Poteleshchenko was killed in a strike on a restaurant in Donetsk Lisichansk on February 3. This was stated by a representative of the unrecognized Republic of Russian media.
Earlier, Russia circulated information online that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had struck a bakery in the city. However, advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko clarified that this was another fake by the enemy - the blow fell on a restaurant with collaborators, he claimed.
On the afternoon of February 5, Russian media announced: LPR Minister of Emergency Situations Poteleschenko “died in an attack on a bakery.” The propaganda TASS wrote about this, citing the words of a representative of the department.
The Russian Federation also claims that the death toll due to the strike is 28 people.