A former deputy who switched allegiance from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the occupying Russian forces withinside the southern area of Kherson has been shot lifeless, Russian investigators stated Monday.
Alexei Kovalev, “the deputy head of the navy and civil management withinside the Kherson area changed into killed through bullets,” the investigators stated on Telegram.
The assault happened in his domestic on Sunday, they stated, including a younger girl who lived with him changed into additionally a victim.
They did now no longer supply any in addition details.
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In the beyond months, numerous Ukrainian officers named through Russian forces in occupied territory had been killed or wounded in attacks.
Kovalev, 33, changed into elected a deputy in 2019 in Kherson and joined Zelensky's organization withinside the Ukrainian parliament.
After the Russian offensive on Ukraine on the quit of February and the career of Kherson through Russian troops, Kovalev joined the invading forces and have become a senior legit.
He survived an assassination strive in June.
Russian forces seized Kherson, a metropolis of 280,000 inhabitants, on March 3.
It changed into the primary foremost town to fall following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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