The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, Igor Kolykhaev, was arrested by Russia and its separatist allies, according to the statement made today by the deputy head of the occupation government of the municipality, cyrillic stremusov, According to the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti.
“Former mayor Kolykhaev has been detained. The Nazi media sees him as a heroic mayor (…) but this person did a lot of damage to the de-Nazis process and was eventually neutralized,” said the Kherson military and civil administration official.
Kolykhaev was overthrown by Russian forces, who had conquered the Kherson region in April.
Russia and its allies claim power in Ukraine is in the hands of the “Nazis”, and the Kremlin justifies the “military operation” launched on February 24 as a task force aimed at “maximizing” the former Soviet republic.
Since its failed attempt to seize the capital, Kiev, in the first weeks of the war, the Russian army focused its attack south and east, and carried out incessant artillery and missile bombardment.
Kherson, the second largest city in Ukraine after Kiev, was one of the last places where the Russians were successful in their military offensive. The municipality is located in the north of Crimea, a territory controlled by Russia since 2014.
source: Noticias
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