In the DPR they called the successor Motorola

The leadership of the Sparta battalion after the death of Arsen Pavlov, known as Motorola, will be carried out by his first deputy, having the call sign of Vokha. It is reported by RIA Novosti.

“This will be me, his first deputy. He always represented me as a deputy, so they unanimously decided that his business would continue all together, but under my leadership. We will do what our battalion commander did, we will do combat training, damage the enemy, ”said Voha.

He also stated that despite the “very big loss”, the detachment would continue its activities.

The field commander of Motorola was one of the most famous figures of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, he gained great popularity due to broadcasts from the places of warfare. He died as a result of an explosion in an elevator in his house in Donetsk. He was buried on October 19 in the same city with military honors.

The DPR was responsible for the death of Motorolas and stated that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko thus "declared war." In Kyiv, the incident called the result of internal contradictions between the separatists.