Car Bomb Kills Russia-Installed Official in Occupied Ukraine

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A Russian-appointed official in southern Ukraine’s occupied city of Kherson was killed in an apparent car bomb attack, local authorities reported Friday.

Kherson’s so-called "military-civilian" administration told the state-run TASS news agency that one person died in a car explosion in a residential neighborhood in the early morning.

"Today, my friend, head of the department of family, youth and sports of the Kherson region, Dmitry Savluchenko, passed away," the Moscow-appointed deputy head of Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, said on Telegram.

He added that Savluchenko died "as a result of a terrorist act in the city of Kherson."

Savluchenko's death marks the first confirmed death of a pro-Russian official in an attack in occupied Ukraine.

The Interfax news agency had earlier reported that the Moscow-installed official died in an explosion after a bomb was planted in his car.

Gruesome footage shared by pro-Kyiv social media accounts shows a badly damaged car parked in front of an apartment block and a body lying in the distance.

kelvsz on June 24th, 2022 at 11:53 UTC »

some might say he got killed in oblast

weirdkindofawesome on June 24th, 2022 at 11:36 UTC »

The long war begins and this is not something that Russia will be able to fight effectively against.

msasti on June 24th, 2022 at 11:20 UTC »

As a Pole, this reminds me of the early XX century. Terror attack were the leading cause of death for Tzarist officials in Congress Poland. Maybe history does not repeat, but boy, does it rhyme.