This was reported to the Ukrinform correspondent by the officer of the brigade command Alexander Kurishko.

"On September 3, 2014, an artillery strike was fired from the territory of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine near the village of Pobeda in the Novoyaydarskiy district of the Lugansk region using the Smerch multiple rocket launcher systems at the base camp, including servicemen of the 27th Sumy Reactive Artillery Brigade. At one point, 17 servicemen were killed. Subsequently, we buried 16 soldiers, but the body of the 17th dead - Senior Sergeant Alexander Buival - we did not find then, "he said..

The officer said that in the vicinity of the village of Pobeda a commemorative token was opened to the soldiers of the 27th Brigade who were killed during the shelling of the names of 17 fighters. At the same time, work continued on finding the body of the last of them, which was simply spoiled.

"In 2017, we carried out search activities, during which fragments of the body were found. After carrying out DNA examinations in the framework of criminal proceedings, which is being investigated after the death of the fighters, the result was obtained that these fragments belong to Alexander Buival. Next week - on Wednesday and Thursday - we will hold a funeral to bury him as a soldier, as a hero, with all military honors and in a Christian way, "said Kurishko.

He also said that in the vicinity of the site of the shelling, not far from the commemorative sign, the remains of a shell launched from the Russian "Smerch". "Today, pre-trial investigation bodies documented and seized the remnants of the projectile as material evidence of criminal proceedings.

This is another thing that in the future can be used in lawsuits against the aggressor, "- said Kurishko.

The officer recalled that at that time, several missile strikes had been struck from the territory of the Russian Federation through the territory of Ukraine. In particular, the shelling of the camp, where the Sumerian artillerymen were, occurred on September 3, 2014, about 19. 30, and on the night of September 4 Russian "Smerchs" struck the camp of the 12th battalion of the territorial defense of Kiev in the vicinity of the nearby village of Dmitrovka.