The leader installed by the Russians in the Ukrainian town of Mykhailivka in the Russian-controlled part of Zaporizhzhia region was killed on Tuesday by a car bomb, an official in the Russian-backed administration of the region said.

MykhailivkaPhoto: Wikimedia Commons

Volodymyr Rogov, a member of the Zaporizhia regional state administration, wrote in his Telegram channel that the head of the Mykhailiv region, Ivan Sushko, was seriously injured as a result of the explosion of a bomb planted under his car and died shortly afterwards in the hospital.

11,000 residents live in Mykhailivka.

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This is the latest in a series of murders of officials established by Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

In the neighboring Kherson region, at the beginning of the month, the deputy mayor of Novaya Kakhovka was shot dead in his home.

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