A Ukrainian "Baba Yaga" mega drone killed Volodymyr Leontyev — Moscow’s puppet mayor of occupied Nova Kakhovka.
He's one of Kyiv’s most wanted collaborators for torture and abductions. The strike blew up his car near Zaporizhzhia. He died in hospital soon after — Times. 1/
He's one of Kyiv’s most wanted collaborators for torture and abductions. The strike blew up his car near Zaporizhzhia. He died in hospital soon after — Times. 1/
A Kyiv court sentenced Leontyev in absentia to 15 years for ordering Russian troops to abduct and torture Oleksandr Shapovalov, mayor of nearby Beryslav, and journalist Oleh Baturin.
He helped occupation forces hunt pro-Ukrainian residents. 2/
He helped occupation forces hunt pro-Ukrainian residents. 2/
Ukraine’s military intelligence vows to keep targeting collaborators.
After agents killed Mykhailo Hrytsai in June, a DIU officer told Kyiv Independent: There’re still plenty of such targets in the occupied territories. We will get to each and every one. 3/
After agents killed Mykhailo Hrytsai in June, a DIU officer told Kyiv Independent: There’re still plenty of such targets in the occupied territories. We will get to each and every one. 3/
Other collaborators met the same fate. Gunmen shot Oleksiy Kovalev, an ex-MP who joined Russian forces in Kherson, in his home in 2022.
In 2023 assassins gunned down Illia Kyva, a pro-Moscow MP, outside Moscow. 4/
In 2023 assassins gunned down Illia Kyva, a pro-Moscow MP, outside Moscow. 4/
Leontyev’s killing coincided with a nuclear emergency at the Zaporizhzhia plant. Zelenskyy said Russian shelling severed the last power line.
He warned that only diesel generators now cool the reactors and that the situation is critical and a threat to everyone. 5/
He warned that only diesel generators now cool the reactors and that the situation is critical and a threat to everyone. 5/
The IAEA said Zaporizhzhia has gone more than a week without external power — the longest blackout since the invasion began.
In nearby Nikopol, authorities distributed iodine tablets in case of radiation release. 6X
In nearby Nikopol, authorities distributed iodine tablets in case of radiation release. 6X
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