Donbass pays the last tribute to "Givi" - DONi Press Video Report

Today occured the funeral of the hero of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Mikhail Tolstykh, famously know under the callsign "Givi". About 55 000 people gathered in the center of Donetsk city to say goodbye to the commander of the Somali battalion. Somali unit commander Colonel Mikhail Tolstykh will be buried on Friday next to the grave of “Sparta” commander Arsen Pavlov (Motorola), DPR administration press service told Donetsk News Agency DAN. “Somali unit commander Mikhail Toltsykh (call sign Givi) will be buried next to Motorola in Donetskoye More cemetery in the city’s Leninskiy district,” the press service said, adding that the legendary commanders’ graves are close to each other, separated by fences. Video: DONi Press Center, correspondent Christelle Neant, 10.2.2017