Russia-installed ‘town mayor’ blown up in car in Kherson region

A Russia-installed ‘town mayor’ of Liubymivka was blown up in his car in Kakhovka, the occupied Kherson region, TASS cites emergency services.

“He was killed, his car was rigged to blow,” a source has told TASS.

The man in question is Andrey Shtep, says a pro-war Telegram channel. It is also reported that the driver was also killed in the incident.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian army reported last week that the Russian army was withdrawing a part of its troops further away from the Dnipro river in the occupied Kherson region. “The opponent is redeploying certain troops and is moving some of its units to the vicinity of Nyzhni Sirohozy [near Henichesk in the Kherson region],” read the report.