An official of the Russian occupation administration in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine has succumbed to his injuries after an attack, Moscow-appointed local authorities announced.
“Vitali Goura, deputy head of the Nova Kakhovka administration, in charge of municipal services, died of his injuries,” said local official Katerina Goubareva, broadcast on Telegram by this administration on Saturday night.
This executive was seriously injured on Saturday morning after “an attack” at his home and suffered multiple bullet wounds, said an anonymous source from this administration, quoted by the TASS agency.
The town of Nova Kakhovka, on the Dnieper and under Russian control, is located about 80 km east of the city of Kherson.
Several officials appointed by Moscow in the crosshairs of the attacks
In recent months, several Russian-appointed officials in the Ukrainian territories they conquered have come under attack.
Since a large part of the Kherson region and part of the Zaporijjia region have been taken over, the Kremlin has been pursuing a policy of Russification there with a view to possible annexation. Moscow introduced the ruble there and encourages its inhabitants to receive Russian passports.
At the same time, the Ukrainian army has been conducting counter-offensives on the Kherson front for several weeks. It has managed to regain ground and close in on this city of 290,000 people, but has yet to penetrate deep into the Russian defenses.
Source: BFM TV
