He is said to have collaborated with Moscow |
Ukraine renegade politician shot dead
A Ukrainian politician who returned to Russia was killed in his home in southern Ukraine.
MP Oleksii Kovalev, 33, was shot dead according to preliminary findings, the Russian side announced on Monday. This was announced by the Russian criminal investigation authorities via Telegram on Monday.
His girlfriend also died in the attack. According to Ukrainian sources, he died in hospital as a result of a knife wound. Several Ukrainian representatives had previously reported the attack and the accompanying deaths.
Kovalev had already survived a bomb attack in June. The agricultural entrepreneur was in the region through direct mandate in 2019 Cherson Elected to the Verkhovna Rada for the Presidential Party of People’s Servants.
In April, after returning to his home region, he was expelled from the party and faction on suspicion of collaborating with Moscow. The State Attorney’s Office investigated high treason. In the occupying power of Cherson region, he served as deputy regional chief and minister of agriculture.
Russia It was after the invasion Ukraine By February 24, the entire southern Ukrainian region of Kherson was under his control. Many Ukrainians serving the Russian occupiers have been attacked in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops are on the offensive in the country’s south, claiming they have recaptured four villages and breached Russian defenses at several points in the Kherson region.
of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (44) spoke only in reference to the attack on Monday evening. No responsible person would say anything about their plans during wartime. He threatened the Russian soldiers: “But the aggressors must know: we are driving them across the border. Beyond our border, nothing has changed.” If Russian soldiers want to survive, “now is the time to go home.”
(cbu/dpa)
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