BREAKING: TOP SUPPORTER OF PUTIN’S GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN KILLED IN UKRAINE
A pro-Russian mayor of a city in eastern Ukraine who applauded President Vladimir Putin’s invasion was kidnapped and’shot dead,’ according to reports.
According to his wife, Vlodymyr Struk, of Kreminna in Luhansk, was slain on Tuesday and sustained a ‘gunshot wound to the heart’ after being ‘abducted from his home.’
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Mr Struk was a “Luhansk People’s Republic supporter,” according to Anton Gerashchenko, who announced the news on Facebook. Mr Struk was a “Luhansk People’s Republic supporter” (LPR) who actively pursued a “pro-Russian position” in the last week by “communicating with the Russian Federation.”
The Luhansk People’s Republic is a self-proclaimed breakaway state in eastern Ukraine that pro-Russian rebels founded in 2014.
Mr Struk, according to the assistant to Ukraine’s Interior Minister, was “judged by the court of the people’s tribunal” and is a “traitor.”
He further stated that since Moscow-backed separatists took control of the southeastern Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk – collectively known as Donbas – Ukraine has been unable to ‘do anything with Struk for the previous eight years.’
‘One traitor of Ukraine has become less!’ Mr Gerashchenko wrote on social media. Vladimir Struk, the chairman of the Kreminetsk OTG and a former representative of the Luhansk Regional Council, was found dead.
‘In the last week, he actively took a Russian position, campaigning OTG deputies to communicate with the Russian Federation and the LNR – gathering deputies on this matter.
‘On March 1 [there] was a statement from his wife that he was kidnapped [from persons] unknown in camouflage form. The cause of death is a fiery injury to the heart area.’
He added: ‘The whole state apparatus of Ukraine, SBU, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prosecutor’s Office and courts couldn’t do anything with the open separatist Strukom for eight years because he had a lot of money. Most likely support from the Russian Federation.
‘But when the Russian troops approached 15km to the Kreminny, Vladimir Struk was judged by the court of the people’s tribunal. Judging by all, [he was] shot by unknown patriots as a traitor to the laws of military time.
‘When we soon defeat fascist Russia – we will clean and relocate all the law enforcement officers and corrupt judges who covered up such as Struk!’
Confirming the news, Twitter user ‘Ukraine War News’ added: ‘The head of Kremenets OTG Vlodymyr Struk, who welcomed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was found dead. He was an active supporter of the so-called “LPR”. And since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has actively called on local deputies to cooperate with Russians.’
