In Kherson, a car with a pro-Russian official was blown up, he died. This is the third assassination attempt on a representative of the occupying authorities in two weeks.

In Kherson, the car of Dmitry Savluchenko, the head of the family, youth and sports department of the so-called military-civilian administration (MAC) of the Kherson region, was blown up by Russia, he died on the spot. This was announced by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksiy Goncharenko in his Telegram channel.

Information also appeared in Russian propaganda media.

“The head of the Department of Family, Youth and Sports of the Kherson Regional State Administration allegedly died as a result of an assassination attempt, authorities say. The explosion in Kherson was a targeted assassination attempt on an employee of the military-civilian administration. There are no more victims and victims of the explosion in Kherson, except for the one who died during the assassination attempt," TASS reports .

RIA Novosti also reported the death of Savluchenko, citing the "administration".

The “assassination attempt” on Savluchenko is the third known case in the last two weeks. On June 22, a video appeared on the network, showing the consequences of blowing up the car of a people's deputy, a former member of the Servant of the People party Alexei Kovalev, who went over to the side of the pro-Russian authorities. It was also reported that he was inside at the time of the explosion. Radio Liberty, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, reported that the information about the "death" of Kovalev in the occupied Kherson region is a "fake".

On June 14, Andrey Nemirovskiy, a former People's Deputy and a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that the official car of ex-mayor Volodymyr Saldo, who defected to the Russian occupation forces and was appointed head of the regional "administration", was blown up in Kherson. According to him, Saldo, along with the guards, were in the cabin at the time of the explosion. After that, Saldo denied the information about the explosion by posting a video on his Telegram channel. “The whole history of the Ukrainian government is built on such a lie. <...> We are now doing everything so that people living in the Kherson region do not feel this pressure from information channels. Don't wait, gentlemen, liars and provocateurs," he said.

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