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Leonid Ivanovich Pasechnik (Russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Па́сечник; Ukrainian: Леонід Іванович Пасічник, romanized: Leonid Ivanovych Pasichnyk; born 15 March 1970) is a Ukrainian-born politician who has served as Head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) since 2017.
Vladimir Artemovich Pasechnik (12 October 1937 Stalingrad, USSR – 21 November 2001, Wiltshire, England) was a senior Soviet biologist and bioweaponeer who defected to the United Kingdom in 1989, alerting Western intelligence to the vast scope of Moscow's clandestine biological warfare (BW) programme, known as Biopreparat.
Feb 19, 2024 · Russia's Defense Ministry on Monday accused Kyiv of trying to poison the Kremlin-backed head of eastern Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region Leonid Pasechnik.
Pasechnik also organized illegal elections in the occupied region, which were held at gunpoint, the SBU said. Luhansk-born Pasechnik, 54, was the SBU colonel before he backed Russia's invasion of ...
Feb 19, 2022 · Leonid Pasechnik, leader of the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic,” signed a decree calling for “full combat readiness.”
Feb 19, 2024 · In a briefing published online, the ministry said Ukraine poisoned Moscow-appointed Luhansk governor Leonid Pasechnik in December 2023, and Kherson head Vladimir Saldo in August 2022.
May 28, 2024 · Leonid Pasechnik, Russia-installed governor of Luhansk region, said the first attack at about 9pm (18:00 GMT) was made with cluster munitions, and fires broke out as a result of the attack. He...
