Lithuanian Honorary Consul murdered in eastern Ukraine
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said Friday that Mykola Zelenec, the country's honorary consul in eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, has been kidnapped and killed by the pro-Russian rebels there.
"With deep sorrow just learned about Lithuania's honorary consul in Lugansk Mr. Mykola Zelenec kidnapped and brutally killed by terrorists there," Linkevicius, who is on a visit to Kiev, wrote on his Twitter blog.
Last Update: August 22, 2014 23:49