Plotnitsky resigns, Leonid Pasechnik appointed as new separatist leader in eastern Ukraine
More than 10,000 people have been killed and a million displaced since 2014 in a long-simmering conflict between government troops and Russia-backed separatists in the regional capital, Luhansk, and in parts of the neighboring Donetsk region.
Plotnitsky was one of the signatories of a 2015 truce between the separatists and Ukraine, brokered by Russia, France and Germany, which helped to reduce the scale of fighting but did not stop it altogether. (Representational Image)
Separatist lawmakers in eastern Ukraine on Saturday appointed an interim chief to replace their beleaguered leader in an apparent palace coup. The resignation of the leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic Igor Plotnitsky was announced Friday by Leonid Pasechnik, his long-time foe and minister of state security.
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