May 25, 2015 (BBC News Europe) Mr
Mozgovoi led the "Prizrak" (Ghost) battalion which was based in the
Alchevsk area of Luhansk. Reports said a bomb struck his car, which was then
targeted by gunfire that killed Mozgovoi and six others. Mr Mozgovoi was a
critic of the Russian-backed separatist leadership and the Minsk accord signed
with Kiev. He took control of Alchevsk as part of the uprising that began last
April in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk regions following Russia's
annexation of Crimea. There are no details on who may have carried out the
attack, which was said to have taken place on the road from Luhansk to the city
of Alchevsk.
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