Arestovich admitted that he published the version of the invaders about the death of a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass.

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Arestovich said there was a “technical error” (Photo: Chasopys / Facebook)

Alexey Arestovich, an adviser on information policy, took responsibility for this, whose duties include the fight against Russian counterfeits.

A statement by the Ukrainian delegation stated that the military man had allegedly died of “alcohol or drug intoxication”.

“According to the TCG, a soldier from one of the mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while intoxicated, made an unauthorized transition to the enemy’s side. (without a weapon), and died of alcohol or drug intoxication, ”he said.

However, the results of a forensic medical examination were not available to Censor, according to which the soldier was strangled.

After that, a refutation of the initial version of his death was posted on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian delegation.

According to Arestovich, there were «a technical error. ”

“I confused the version of the representatives of the Russian side, which was discussed in the internal correspondence, and the message for the media, and in fact I made the version of the invaders public. I offer my official apologies to the respected media and Ukrainian society, ”he said.