Businessman Alexei Vadatursky could have been killed on purpose. This was announced by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin on the air of the telethon, which is broadcast by all Ukrainian channels.

"One of the versions is the targeted murder of Mr. Vadatursky and his family," he said, citing UNIAN.

Alexey Vadatursky was the founder and permanent general director of the Nibulon enterprise. It is one of the largest Ukrainian agricultural producers and exporters.

“This is one of the versions that is currently being worked out. Several examinations have already been scheduled, more than 50 witnesses have been interviewed,” Kostin said today. He promised that the results of the investigation would be made public.

Businessman Aleksey Vadatursky and his wife Raisa were killed on July 31 during the night shelling of Nikolaev. In 2021, Vadatursky took 12th place in the list of the richest entrepreneurs in Ukraine. A rocket hit the Vadaturskys' house.

The head of the RT television channel, propagandist Margarita Simonyan , welcomed the murder of the businessman and called it "denazification in action":

“The head of the Nikolaev OVA confirms the death of the oligarch who sponsored the punishers. He was also a hero of Ukraine, it turns out. This is denazification in action. The only pity is that we again receive information that denazification is going on and going right from Ukrainian sources.”

Since the first day of the war, the Russian side has been claiming that it is only attacking the military infrastructure of Ukraine. In fact, it regularly shells civilian targets According to Mayor Sienkiewicz, during the war, Russian troops caused damage to Nikolaev in the amount of 633 million hryvnia ($21.4 million).