In Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, Vitaly Zhuravliov, the Deputy Mayor, was assassinated in a shooting that resulted in his car catching fire and numerous shot casings found at the scene. Local media described it as the first assassination of an official on the Ukrainian side of the frontline. The Prosecutor General's Office confirmed that Zhuravliov was killed by unknown perpetrators. In a separate incident, a fire broke out at a military training ground in Izhevsk, Russia, with locals reporting hearing explosions prior to the blaze. No official comments have been made by Russian authorities.
🇺🇦‼️🚨 Ukraine’s internal fight hears up! “In Nikopol this morning, the deputy mayor Vitaly Zhuravlev’s car was shot up. The car caught fire. There are a lot of spent cartridges lying around. The deputy was killed.” — local media reported 1/ https://t.co/bw9JRWaHxn
⚡️ Prosecutors: Nikopol deputy mayor killed by unknown perpetrators. A deputy mayor of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was shot to death in his car on Feb. 8 by unknown perpetrators, the Prosecutor General's Office reported. https://t.co/tZuTo5TNLa
Vitaly Zhuravliov, the deputy mayor of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Region, has been assassinated. Probably the first assassination of an official on the Ukrainian side of the frontline. https://t.co/C0wfx3Q3nF
In Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, the car of Deputy Mayor Vitaliy Zhuravlev was shot, local media reported The car caught fire. There are a lot of shot casings lying around. Nothing has been reported about the injured or dead so far. https://t.co/tMX2TxRV5L
Russian Telegram channels publish a video of a fire in the area of a military training ground in Russian Izhevsk. No official comments from Russian authorities so far. Locals reported hearing explosions prior to the fire. https://t.co/NQq33Uz11q