The car was full of bullet holes and several of the windows were broken. The photos, which were published by the state-controlled Russian news agency Ria Novosti on June 22 on their Telegram channel and disseminated by the Ukrainian website Ukrajinska Pravda, left no doubt as to what had happened. They were captured in the town of Chornobaivka, just outside Kherson, the regional capital of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. The car belongs to Yuri Turuliev, the man appointed by the Russian occupation authorities to run the city. Yuri Turuliev has collaborated with the Russian occupation authorities in his hometown of Chornobaivka. Gauleiter was the term used by the German Nazis for their regional leaders, including in the areas that were occupied, including in Ukraine, during World War II. When the term is used in Ukraine, it means a traitor. The Ukrainian security service then went out with a picture of Turuliev, and said that he can expect a judicial settlement for his cooperation with the Russians, the day Ukraine has regained control of Kherson county. According to several sources, Turuliev survived the attack and was later treated for minor injuries at the hospital. Kherson is one of the most important Ukrainian port cities on the Black Sea. Photo: ANDREY BORODULIN / AFP Politician from Zelenskyj’s party has passed to the Russians On Wednesday, the head of the Ukrainian intelligence service Kirill Budanov also said that an assassination attempt had been carried out on the Ukrainian politician Alexei Kovalev the same morning. – I can confirm that an operation was carried out , said in Budanov, according to the online newspaper Ukrajinska Pravda. – There is no doubt that a car was blown up. What kind of condition this collaborator and defector is in – we are now trying to find out. The photos of the wrecked car have been posted on several social media, including by the Ukrainian blogger Yevgen Shevchenko It has not been possible to confirm what happened to Kovalev, after his car was blown up in the city of Hola Prystan, a little south of Kherson city. But according to Radio Svoboda, it seems that he, like Turuljev, survived the attack. Alexei Kovalev was a former member of the People’s Servant, the party of President Volodymyr Zelensky. He was elected to the Ukrainian parliament, but after the Russian occupation of his home state of Kherson in March, chose to return to Russian-controlled territory. He was expelled from the People’s Servant on June 3. New opportunities for old heroes The two assassinations of politicians who have passed on to the Russian occupiers have sent a clear signal from the Ukrainian authorities: You must know what you risk in such an election. At the same time, there is little doubt that there have been some political forces in Kherson, which has traditionally belonged to one of the counties in Ukraine where Russian friendly forces and the Russian language have stood strong, have seen that the Russian occupation can give them new opportunities. There have been many demonstrations in Kherson, against the Russian occupation. Photo: Olexandr Chornyi / AP One of them is 66-year-old Volodymyr Saldo, who was mayor of Kherson city from 2002 to 2012. Like Alexei Kovalev, he has also been a member of the Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada. Saldo lost the mayoral election in 2019 against Ihor Kolykhajev, who is still in the name is the city’s mayor. Volodymyr Saldo has been given a new political life by the Russian occupying forces in Kherson. Photo: Denis Pushilin’s Telegram Channel But with the help of the Russian occupiers, Volodymyr Saldo is now back in power. At least the power that the Russian occupying power exercises in the parts of Kherson county that they control. On April 26, he was appointed interim governor of Kherson County, and in an interview on May 6, he said that Kherson would now become part of “the great Russian family.” The Partisans’ Revenge Now there are many indications that Saldo, like other Ukrainian politicians who have chosen to cooperate with the Russian occupation forces, is living a dangerous life. Both in Kherson and in the neighboring province of Zaporizhia, there is an increasing activity from what the Ukrainian authorities call partisans, and it is precisely the goals of politicians such as Volodymyr Saldo. Another representative of the Kherson law enforcement force, the head of one of the Yevgeny Sobolov’s prisons, is one of those who has chosen to cooperate with the Russians. Yevgeny Soboliev is the head of a prison in Kherson County. Photo: Ukrainska Pravda This made him another target for another attack by the “Ukrainian partisans”, who on Saturday 18 June made an attempt to kill him, in the center of Kherson city. Soboljov is also said to have survived the attack, although photos show a damaged car and broken windows in the surrounding houses. The car of prison director Yevgeny Sobolov, after it was attacked in Kherson on June 18. Photo: most.ks.ua At the same time, Ukraine is slowly liberating parts of Kherson from the Russian occupation, and is only a few dozen kilometers from Chornobaivka, which in turn is only 10 kilometers from Kherson city. Protesters are said to have been shot at by Russian soldiers Russia is trying to tighten its grip On the other hand, it also appears that the Russian authorities are tightening their grip on the areas they have control over, among other things by mercilessly cracking down on anyone who actively opposed “the new order ยป. 51-year-old Oleg Khudjakov was one of the chiefs of police in Kherson, and refused to cooperate with the Russian occupiers. Photo: most.ks.ua On Thursday, the news came that Oleg Khydjakov had chosen to take his own life, after he had been imprisoned by the Russian occupiers. Khudjakov was one of the chiefs of police in Kherson city, but refused to cooperate with the new rulers. The circumstances surrounding the suicide are not known. But it is speculated that the reason is pressure from the Russian authorities and possible abuse. At the same time, Kherson’s legally elected mayor Igor Kholykhajev posted a picture of himself on Facebook on Wednesday with a text in which he said that people must choose whether they want to stay in the city or not. Ukrainian authorities have said that people should leave the city, in anticipation of an attack by the approaching Ukrainian forces. Kherson’s mayor Oleg Kholykhajev posted this picture of himself on Facebook on Wednesday. Photo: From Kolykhaev’s Facebook page Kholykhaev has become a symbol of the quiet resistance that many in the Russian – occupied territories are now waging, while waiting for them to once again become part of a free Ukraine.
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