russian proxy killed in blast in occupied Kherson region
A kremlin-backed police officer in the Kherson region has been killed after his car exploded.
He served as the commander of the so-called Patrol and Checkpoint Service of the Nova Kakhovka City Police Department of the russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, russia's Investigative Committee reports.
"The information obtained by the investigation indicates that on 17 March 2023 an unidentified person rigged the left side of a VAZ-2121 vehicle with an [explosive] device. The vehicle belonged to a platoon commander from the Patrol and Checkpoint Service of the Nova Kakhovka City Police Department of the russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kherson Oblast.
An explosion occurred when the aforementioned commander was driving with his family through the village of Yuvileine in the Oleshky district of Kherson Oblast; the police officer was killed on the spot, and his wife and daughter sustained injuries."
russia's Investigative Committee added that the wife of the officer was the Chief of Staff of the Nova Kakhovka City Police Department of the russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kherson Oblast.
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