In Berdyansk, a member of the UIC appointed by Russia was killed in the explosion

In the city of Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region of Ukraine, which is under the control of the Russian authorities, a car was blown up on Wednesday morning. Its owner died from her injuries. As the representative of the so-called “new regions” in the Public Chamber of Russia, Vladimir Rogov, said, the deceased participated in the organization of the upcoming presidential elections of Russia, which will be held on March 15-17, including in the occupied territories. She was a member of the precinct election commission with the right to vote.

Rogov called the explosion an attempt “to prevent the Zaporozhians from electing their president for the first time” on the part of the Ukrainian authorities and their supporters. He added that the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Zaporozhye Region opened a case on the article about the terrorist attack.

In the telegram channel of the head of the Berdyansk city administration, Victoria Halytsyna, they reported the murder of “one of the organizers of the pseudo-elections in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk” and called on citizens to be cautious in light of the upcoming vote, stating the possibility of provocations by the Russian authorities.

• Attempts on representatives of Russian-appointed administrations periodically occur in Ukrainian regions controlled by Russian troops. “RBK-Ukraine” mentions the explosions at the office of the “United Russia” party in Novaya Kakhovka on February 27, as well as the detonation of the electoral headquarters of the same party on August 30 last year. On December 6, the car of Oleg Popov, a deputy of the “People’s Council of the Luhansk People’s Republic” controlled by the Russian authorities, was blown up in Luhansk, he was killed. On November 8, an explosion killed a deputy of the Russian regional parliament in annexed Luhansk, the former head of the separatist armed forces, Mikhail Filiponenko.
• Killing a non-combatant can be considered a war crime. The Russian authorities accuse the Ukrainian special services of the attempts. Most often, they do not take direct responsibility.