Local official of the Russian occupation in the Ukrainian region of Lugansk (East), Valéri Tchaika, died Monday during the explosion of a “car bomb’ in Starobilsk. He was killed by “the detonation of an unidentified device” in the car, said the local Investigative Committee.
In December, another local pro-Russian official was killed in Lugansk by an “unidentified device’ placed in a car. Moscow has also accused Ukraine of being behind several assassinations or assassination attempts on Russian territory.