An official of the Russian occupation in Luhansk, assassinated in an official car attack. “Our Comrade Is Dead”

A representative of the Russian occupation in the Ukrainian region of Lugansk, Valery Ceaika, was killed in the explosion of a car bomb in Starobilsk, the pro-Russian authorities announced.

The official was killed by the “detonation of an unidentified device” in the car, the Local Investigation Committee announced on Monday, according to AFP, taken over by News.ro.

An investigation has been opened into a “terrorist act”, according to the committee, which states that the circumstances of the incident are about to be established.

In the past, car bomb attacks attributed to Ukraine have targeted, on several occasions, pro-Russian representatives in the occupied Ukrainian regions.

“Our comrade is dead,” announced on Telegram the head of the municipal administration of Starobilsk Vladimir Chernev, adding that an investigation is underway.

Valeri Ceaika held a management position in the administrative services of the Starobilsk district.

Luhansk is one of the four regions whose annexation was claimed by Moscow in September 2022, along with Deonetsk (east) and Zapopo and Kherson (south).

In December, a pro-Russian representative of the occupation was killed in Luhansk, in the explosion of an “unidentified device” placed in the car.

Moscow accuses Ukraine of being behind several assassinations or attempted assassinations on Russian soil since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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