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Car bomb takes life of Moscow-appointed official in Ukraine’s Kherson
Russian news agencies reported Friday (June 24) that a Moscow-appointed official in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region was killed in an explosion, the latest in a string of attacks on pro-Kremlin officials in Ukrainian regions under Russian control.
“According to preliminary data, he died. An explosive device was planted in his car,” a representative of the Kherson region administration told Interfax, confirmed by other news agencies.
The Moscow-appointed deputy leader of Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, confirmed to the RIA Novosti news agency the identity of the victim, the Alarabiya English reported, citing the AFP.
Stremousov said: “Yes, one of my employees died. Dmitry Savluchenko, the head of the department of youth and sport."
The press service of the city’s civilian and military administration told TASS news agency this was a “targeted assassination,” adding that the official was the only victim in the blast.
There has been an increased number of attacks against pro-Kremlin officials in Ukrainian regions that have come under Moscow control since late February.
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On Wednesday (June 22), a pro-Russian official in the village of Chornobaivka survived the explosion of a bomb planted in his car, while the head of the prison services of Kherson region was injured in a bomb attack on June 18.
In late May, the mayor of Enerhodar in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, who was appointed after Russian troops took control of the city, was wounded in an explosion that Moscow blamed on Ukrainian nationalists.
Source: alarabiyaenglish
