In the Lipetsk region, a serviceman Dmitry Perov, who deserted from the war zone in Ukraine, was shot dead. This was reported in the Telegram channel of the press service of the regional government.
According to Kommersant, citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 31-year-old Perov escaped on January 13 and returned to Russia. On January 17, he was in Voronezh, where he visited his mother. Then the serviceman went to his home, to the Lipetsk region.
The Telegram channel Mash published an orientation on Perov, which states that he is armed with automatic weapons, carries cartridges and grenades. According to the Telegram channel, Perov was heading to his house in the village of Novouglyanka, Usmansky district, Lipetsk region. The area was cordoned off by special forces who arrived from Lipetsk.