Car bomb kills Russia’s “LNR colonel” Filiponenko in occupied Luhansk
Quisling official Colonel Mikhail Filiponenko of the "Luhansk People's Republic" has allegedly been killed in a car explosion in occupied Luhansk, Russian sources report. The post Car bomb kills Russia’s “LNR colonel” Filiponenko in occupied Luhansk appeared first on Euromaidan Press.
On the morning of 8 November, several Russian sources reported that the “Luhansk People’s Republic MP” Colonel Mikhail Filiponenko died in a car explosion in occupied Luhansk.
Russia’s state-funded news agency TASS says Filiponenko was the deputy of the so-called People’s Council of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR), a parliament-like body established by the Russian occupation forces in Luhansk. He was the former “chief of the directorate of the People’s Militia of the LNR.”
Quisling official Yurii Yurov was the first to report Filiponenko’s death, although he did not mention any details. Yurov mentions him as Filipponenko, so it remains unclear which spelling of the colonel’s last name is correct.
Later, the so-called Luhansk Information Center (LIC), the official press service of the Russian occupation authorities, reported that Filiponenko was allegedly killed by a car bomb.
“As a result of an explosive device that detonated in Mikhail Filiponenko’s car, the People’s Council deputy received injuries incompatible with life,” LIC said.
Currently, only Russian sources claim that Filiponenko was killed without presenting any hard evidence.
As of the time of publication of this article, Ukrainian officials did not comment on the alleged death of Filiponenko.
Previously, in early October, a quisling official sharing a local branch of Putin’s United Russia party in Kherson’s Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka died following the detonation of his car.
Such attacks are usually attributed to Ukrainian partisan underground activities or the infighting among the quisling officials. Ukrainian officials rarely confirm the country’s involvement in them.
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