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Companions-in-arms of murdered activist Oleshko identify his hitman, reject vigilante justice. VIDEO

Andriii Madzharov, Oleksandr Pechnikov and Anton Pshenychnyi – the companions-in-arms of Donbas war veteran Oleshko, who was shot dead on July 31 – identified the person who actually pulled the trigger.

The war veterans posted corresponding footage on social media, Censor.NET reports.

"If you wonder why we haven’t said a word about the hitman – it's Artem Matiushyn whom I identified yesterday and Anton Pshenychnyi did it today – we acted so because the procedure had to be held under the law. That’s why we said nothing. Once again for those who still haven’t got it: Artem Matiushyn was the one who murdered our companion-in-arms Vitalii Oleshko," the soldier said.

As reported, a member of the Donbas Battalion, Vitalii Oleshko, nom de guerre Sarmat, was gunned down by an unidentified person in Berdiansk on July 31.

On Aug. 1, the police officers apprehended four suspects riding a car in the city of Vasylivka, the Zaporizhia region. Another perpetrator was tracked and detained by the police in Berdiansk.

Censor.NET Chief Editor Yurii Butusov later released photos of four suspects who were in the car intercepted by the police near Primorske village.