The ambassador of Lithuania in Ukraine Pyatras Vaytekunas, in turn, declared that the consul earlier kidnapped. "Him kidnapped, and twelve days later he was found by the shot. I try to contact a family: the press reported about it, people call, condole, ask, whether we can help something, whether the family needs something", – Interfax transfers his words with reference to news agency Baltic News Service (BNS).
Confirmations or denials of this information from the Luhansk People's Republic while aren't present. In the list of honourable consuls on a site of Embassy of Lithuania in Ukraine Zelents's name isn't mentioned.
Condolences on an occasion of murder were expressed also by the president of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite. "I am shocked with news of Zelents's death, the sincere supporter of close relations between Lithuania and Ukraine. I and the people of Lithuania express condolences to a family and relatives of the victim", – declared to Grybauskaite.
Earlier the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine also declared murder. "Information that the Honourable consul of Lithuania in the Luhansk region Nikolay Zelenets was stolen and killed by fighters in the east of Ukraine is confirmed. However we have no details of this tragedy", – the representative of department Evgeny Perebiynis declared to UNN agency. "We express our condolences to a family of the victim and the friendly Lithuanian people. We will make efforts in order that guilty of this crime were responsible", – it is spoken in the statement of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the Vesti.Ua newspaper, Zelenets was the citizen of Ukraine – he was the Lugansk businessman and specialized on production of the fire equipment. Thus Zelents had a diplomatic immunity.
On a social network of "VKontakte" there is a page which, according to messages of a row of mass media, belonged to Nikolay Zelentsu. Judging by information stated on it, he was born in the city the Red Beam, there graduated from school. I lived in Lugansk. The last record on the page is dated on August 14. It is written on behalf of the user Ivan Zelents. "People help! On August 9-10 Zelenets Nikolay Anatolyevich was gone in Lugansk, 1975 rozhdeniya.budy are grateful for any information! If necessary, remuneration is possible! ! ! ", – he wrote.
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