Alexey Mochanov Brutally Beaten

Musician and racer Alexey Mochanov was brutally beaten near Kramatorsk this evening, as reported by Vitaliy Klim on his Facebook page. Unknown assailants attacked him and Shaman, beating them with baseball bats.

«Алексея Мочанова только что жестоко избили. Интернирован в городскую больницу Краматорска. В каком состоянии, пока что неизвестно» (Alexey Mochanov has just been brutally beaten. He has been hospitalised at Kramatorsk City Hospital. His condition is currently unknown), Vitaliy Klim wrote.

Following a trip to occupied Donetsk with negotiator Volodymyr Ruban, Mochanov had provoked exclusively negative emotions among many people. However, there is currently no reliable information on who beat the artist or why.

Some sources claim that neither of the two victims is in life-threatening condition.