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Moscow-installed official killed in Ukraine's Kherson

Latest in a string of attacks on pro-Kremlin officials

24 June, 12:23
(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, JUN 24 - A Moscow-appointed official in Ukraine's southern Kherson region was killed in an explosion, Russian news agencies reported Friday, the latest in a string of attacks on pro-Kremlin officials in Ukrainian regions under Russian control. "According to preliminary data, he died. An explosive device was planted in his car," a representative of the Kherson region administration told Interfax, confirmed by other news agencies. The victim was likely the head of the region's department of youth policy, family and sports, Interfax added. (ANSA-AFP).

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