UPDATED: Quisling mayor of Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka dead after being shot

06/08/2022

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Russian propaganda media reported an “assassination attempt” on Vitaly Gura – the quisling deputy Head of the administration of Nova Kakhovka, occupied Kherson Oblast. He was reported to be hospitalised and in serious condition. Explosive shell casings from a Makarov gun were found at the scene of attack.

UPDATED: Vitaly Gura, the Russian-appointed “deputy Head of the occupation administration” of Nova Kakhovka, has died after being wounded from a Makarov gun, RIA reports citing a quisling official of a district in Kherson Oblast, Leontiev.

Vitaly Gura. Photo from his fb

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