Slovyansk

But Russian opposition leaders said Monday that there was no evidence that such a public execution had taken place in Slovyansk.

“Nobody I spoke with in Slovyansk has heard a thing about this,” he tweeted.

Pro-Russian rebels have been seen operating a dozen or so tanks in one of the eastern towns, Slovyansk.

Russian TV usually present him as a member of the local Slovyansk home guard.

Artillery shelling is heard in Slovyansk almost every night.