Russian election collaborator is ‘liquidated’ after large Ukraine automotive bomb blast

A ‘collaborator’ serving to organise the Russian Presidential election within the occupied Zaporizhzhia area has been “liquidated”, Ukraine’s safety forces have mentioned, after she died in an obvious automotive bomb explosion.

Earlier Moscow aligned Vladimir Rogov had confirmed the loss of life of 1 individual in an explosion.

Subsequently, the Russian Investigative Committee mentioned a member of the precinct election fee had been killed by an improvised explosive machine (IED) positioned underneath her automobile within the port metropolis of Berdyansk.

An announcement issued by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine mentioned Svitlana Samoilenko, whom it described as “the organiser of Vladimir Putin’s pseudo-elections in the occupied territories”, had been “liquidated in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk”.

The assertion added: “After the enslavement of the city in 2022, the woman voluntarily went to cooperate with Muscovites and received a place in the Russian occupation administration.

“The so-called military commandant of Berdyansk, Colonel Bardin of the Soviet Union, ‘appointed’ Svitlana Samoilenko to the position of ‘deputy mayor for economy, agriculture and finance’.”

Her husband and grownup son additionally “served the Russian occupiers”, the assertion revealed.

It continued: “Due to the fact of Svitlana Samoilenko’s cooperation with the Russian occupation army, the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine have opened criminal proceedings under Part 5 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code.

“During the preparations for the pseudo-elections, Svitlana Samoilenko’s Putin sought to curry favour with Muscovites: she intimidated and terrorised Berdyan residents, forcing them to participate in illegal fake voting.”

The assertion didn’t declare duty for finishing up the assault.

Russian police and safety forces are believed to be trying to find suspects following the explosion.

Six election officers working for Moscow – together with two members of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia Party – had been fatally poisoned final month within the Ukrainian port metropolis of Mariupol, roughly 50 miles from Berdyansk.

Ukrainian news web site DonPress claimed: “It seems that saboteurs have become more active in the city again. But now their victims were not the military, but the organisers of Putin’s elections.”

The report continued: “All the dead were poisoned by food and beer, which were delivered to them from one of the city’s restaurants, the publication claims.

“Lethal doses of arsenic were added to food and drinks; unfortunately, no one survived after this dinner.”

It added: “The restaurant where the food was delivered from was checked and no traces of poison were found.

“But the courier who delivered the poisoned lunch and beer allegedly disappeared without a trace.”