“The so-called people’s mayor Ponomarev has been dismissed for engaging in activities incompatible with the goals and tasks of the civil administration. I cannot provide further details for now,” he writes.
Earlier on Tuesday, the press service of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic denied reports about Ponomarev’s arrest.
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Some media said on Tuesday morning that Ponomarev had been dismissed as “people’s mayor” of Sloviansk. Reports about his arrest, citing a representative of local unlawful armed groups, emerged later.
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