A mayor in a Russian-occupied region of Ukraine has been killed in a car bombing ahead of this week’s presidential election. Svetlana Samoilenko, 46, was the Kremlin-appointed deputy mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, in the annexed Zaporizhzhia region.
A mayor in a Russian-occupied region of Ukraine has been killed in a car bombing ahead of this week’s presidential election . Svetlana Samoilenko , 46, was the Kremlin-appointed deputy mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Berdyansk , in the annexed Zaporizhzhia region. A Russian security official said: ‘When the owner of the car, who was a voting member of the election commission, got into her ZAZ Tavria car, the improvised explosive device went off.
The victim died from her injuries in a medical facility.’ Ukraine’s military intelligence agency had identified Samoilenko as ‘collaborator’ before announcing she had been ‘eliminated’. They added: ‘During the preparations for the pseudo-elections, Putin’s Svitlana Samoilenko sought to curry favor with Muscovites: she intimidated and terrorized Berdyansk residents, forcing them to participate in illegal fake votin
Mayor Russian-Occupied Ukraine Car Bombing Presidential Election Svetlana Samoilenko Kremlin-Appointed Deputy Mayor Berdyansk Zaporizhzhia
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