Lithuanian honorary consul 'brutally killed' in east Ukraine: Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius

KIEV: Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said Friday that the country's honorary consul in eastern Ukraine's Lugansk has been kidnapped and killed by the pro-Russian rebels there.

"With deep sorrow just learned about Lithuania's honorary consul in Lugansk Mr. Mykola Zelenec kidnapped and brutally killed by terrorists there," Linkevicius, who is on a visit to Kiev, wrote on his Twitter blog.