INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The former mayor of Kupyansk, Ukraine, who surrendered his city to invading Russian forces in February 2022, died Tuesday night after being
shot near his safe house in western Russia over the weekend.Gennady Matsegora is the latest of over a dozen collaborationist or
Kremlin-installed officials in occupied Ukraine to have been killed or injured in targeted attacks.The majority of those targeted by
invasion, most of the individuals killed were armed actors, such as Alexei Mozgovoy, a commander of Russia-backed separatist forces in
shift their tactics to focus on destabilizing the new Kremlin-installed political infrastructure in occupied territories.Here is a look at
some of the assassinations or attempted killings that have taken place since the start of the full-scale war:March 2022March 2: Kreminna
was known as a politician with pro-Russian views who operated predominantly in his native Luhansk region
mediaMarch 20: Pavel Slobodchikov, an aide to Russian-installed Kherson region head Vladimir Saldo, was shot dead in his Mercedes SUV
invasion and occupation of the city
According to the pro-Kremlin Novorossiya news outlet, he had been a member of the Salvation Committee for Peace and Order, a
collaborationist administrative super-structure established after Russian forces captured most of the Kherson region and the city
explosion.Shevchyk was born in Russia and moved to Ukraine in the 1990s
In spring 2022, he declared himself the new head of Enerhodar and established a new pro-Moscow local authority.Just before his assassination
attempt, Shevchyk ordered the mandatory transfer of property and grain from local enterprises to Russia, resulting in the seizure and
Yevhen Sobolev, then the head of Northern Correctional Colony No
was driving by in his Audi
Sobolev survived but underwent surgery for severe leg injuries.According to the New Voice media outlet, Sobolev stayed in the city when
Russia invaded and turned his penal colony into a makeshift base, permitting Russian soldiers to receive medical treatment and rest at the
facility and allowing the army to build a food warehouse there.In May 2022, Sobolev was suspected in absentia of high treason
facilitating the deportation of more than 1,700 Ukrainian prisoners into Russia
Many of these prisoners remain in Russia.Sobolev has largely disappeared from the public eye since the assassination attempt but continues
following the 2014 Revolution of Dignity but returned to Kherson in 2016
He became a correspondent for Nash, a now-banned pro-Kremlin TV channel owned by media manager Yehveniy Murayev.According to Evocation.info,
a database of individuals who collaborate with the Russian authorities and support the war, following the Russian occupation, Savluchenko
helped found the Salvation Committee for Peace and Order
He was then appointed head of the regional family, youth and sports department.July 2022July 10-11: Andrey Siguta, the acting head of the
Russian-installed administration of the Melitopol district in southeastern Ukraine, survived an assassination attempt by an unknown
The Russian state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported that his attacker was shot while occupying authorities attempted to detain
he was appointed head of the Moscow-installed Melitopol district administration
State Department, Siguta has been involved in overseeing the theft of Ukrainian grain
He has been under Western sanctions since late 2022.Siguta is accused of treason in Ukraine
The authorities claim that Siguta acted as an informant to the Russian authorities, identifying the positions of Ukrainian military
personnel and military equipment and encouraging residents to do the same.He remains active on his Telegram channel, posting updates on
infrastructure repairs, singing Russia's praises and cheering for Putin.Andrei Siguta.Zaporizhzhya governmentAugust 2022Aug
12: Oleg Shostak, head of public relations for the Moscow-installed Zaporizhzhia regional administration, was seriously wounded in a car
Balitsky would later admit that Russia was forcibly deporting Ukrainians from occupied territories.In 2016, Shostak, alongside deputies from
the pro-Russian Opposition Bloc, attempted to take over the city-owned Melitopol TV channel
20: Konstantin Ivashchenko, the Russian-installed mayor of Mariupol, survived an assassination attempt after an explosive device detonated
been sanctioned by multiple countries since 2023
preparation for the May 9 Russian military parade.Ivashchenko studied at a military engineering school in Russia and returned to Ukraine
Russian authorities have not yet corroborated this claim.Aug
28: Oleksii Kovalov, a Russian-appointed deputy agriculture chairman in the Kherson region, was shot dead at his home in Zaliznyi Port
His wife was also wounded, and later reportedly died in the hospital
bombing in June 2022.Other prominent figures killed or wounded:Kirill Stremousov: The vocal deputy head of the Russian-installed Kherson
Russian-appointed head of Mykhailivka village, Zaporizhzhia region, died from his injuries in a car bombing in August 2022
According to Ukrainian authorities, he had run for local council in 2015 as a candidate from the Opposition Bloc party.Igor Telegin: The
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