Pro-Russian Separatists Ukrainian mayor from eastern part of the country who was vocal about welcoming Putin’s invasion was kidnapped and killed.
QUICK FACTS:
- Ukrainian Mayor Vlodymyr Struk, of Kreminna in Luhansk was killed on Tuesday after being shot through the heart following an abduction from his home.
- According to The Daily Mail, his wife confirmed the news about the pro-Russian mayor who recently welcomed Russia’s military presence of the country.
- The Luhansk People’s Republic is a group of pro-Russian separatists established in 2014 and is a self-proclaimed breakaway state located within eastern Ukraine.
- Anton Gerashchenko, the adviser for Interior Minister of Ukraine, announced the news on Facebook, saying that Struk was a “Luhansk People’s Republic supporter” (LPR).
- The government official also stated that Struk actively pursued a “pro-Russian position” last week by “communicating with the Russian Federation.”
MORE FROM THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR ON THE DEATH:
- The adviser for Interior Minister of Ukraine claimed that Struk “was judged by the court of the people’s tribunal” and called him a “traitor,” and admitted that the government had wanted him gone for some time, but couldn’t for eight years since the Donbas region, where Struk was located, was control by Moscow-backed separatists, who reportedly heavily funded the leaders in the region
- Gerashchenko wrote on social media: “One traitor of Ukraine became less! Vladimir Struk, the former deputy of the Luhansk Regional Council, the head of the Kreminetsk OTG, was found killed. 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!”
BACKGROUND:
- Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that he was invading Ukraine over concerns that the nation would become part of NATO, according to Yahoo News.
- However, according to some experts, the assault on his neighbor could trigger more problems than it solves, including an inspection of his allegedly non-democratic election and the strained relationship with the rest of the world, according to NBC News.
