Després, el 6 d'agost al vespre, Zakharov va rebre al seu taller la visita de quatre homes armats i un civil, que se'l van endur a la seu dels Serveis de Seguretat de Donetsk (un dels bastions de la RPD), amb el seu ordinador i alguns croquis, deia el seu veí.
Then, late at night on August 6, Zakharov was in his workshop when he was visited by four armed men and a civilian. They took him to the Donetsk Security Services building (one of DNR's strongholds), along with his computer and art sketches, says his neighbor.