On April 17, 2014, Horlivka city council member Volodymyr Rybak went to the russian-occupied government building to remove the DPR flag but he was surrounded by russian mercenaries & russified locals. Hours later he was kidnapped, tortured & thrown into a river where he drowned. pic.twitter.com/hz8zu1AIL5

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On April 17, 2014, Horlivka city council member Volodymyr Rybak went to the russian-occupied government building to remove the DPR flag but he was surrounded by russian mercenaries & russified locals. Hours later he was kidnapped, tortured & thrown into a river where he drowned.

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